ANT 432 - The Anthropology of Memory

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Princeton University

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We focus on how humans deal with loss through three major approaches to memory: psychoanalysis (Freud), social organization (Halbwachs), associative temporalities (Sebald). We examine genres in which the memory of loss is retained or displaced. How is the past generally experienced and construed as meaningful in the present? We consider memory from different cultural settings, contexts and theoretical perspectives. A better understanding of the memory of loss, and the social forms in which this memory remains active in the present, will improve our approaches to cultural observation, documentation, analysis, and interpretation.

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0.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.princeton.edu

Phone Number:

(609) 258-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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