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In David Thelen's piece, he discusses this idea between reconstruction vs. reproduction in terms of memories. How valid are the claims made that memory is in fact a reconstruction rather than a reproduction of past events? Also, how does this play into the validity of a person's memory of an event in history? Should it be trusted, and if so, to what extent? - A. Bratchie | In David Thelen's piece, he discusses this idea between reconstruction vs. reproduction in terms of memories. How valid are the claims made that memory is in fact a reconstruction rather than a reproduction of past events? Also, how does this play into the validity of a person's memory of an event in history? Should it be trusted, and if so, to what extent? - A. Bratchie | ||
| + | Do you agree with the statement in the Thelen article on page 1120 that “remembering appears to be far more decisively an affair of construction rather than one of mere reproduction”? Could it be possible to ever have a truly objective view on something such as the American Civil War? Also, did anyone expect the Thelen article to lapse into biology there in the middle? --Cash Nelson | ||
== Thomas Brown, ''The Public Art of Civil War Commemoration'', 1-14 == | == Thomas Brown, ''The Public Art of Civil War Commemoration'', 1-14 == | ||
