Memory
Philippe Tortell, Mark Turin and Margot Young (editors)
UBC Press, 2018
November 11, 2018, is the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, a time of remembering and memorial, of linking past events to the world we live in today. Taking this particular moment as a catalyst, this book examines the character and relevance of memory more broadly. The essays in this collection ask readers to think creatively and deeply about notions of memory – its composition and practices – and the ways that memory is transmitted, recorded, and distorted through time and space.
Memory navigates a broad terrain, with essays drawn from a diverse group of contributors who capture different perspectives on the idea of memory in fields ranging from molecular genetics, astrophysics and engineering, to law, Indigenous oral histories, and the natural world. This book challenges readers to think critically about memory, offering an engaging and interdisciplinary roadmap for exploring how, why, and when we remember.
Accessibly written, these lively essays will appeal to intellectually curious members of the public.
Contents
Introduction / Philippe Tortell, Mark Turin, and Margot Young
Healing through Culture / Hilistis Pauline Waterfall
Ecological Amnesia / Wade Davis
Climate Tales / Edouard Bard
Making Ruins / Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber
Timothy Findley’s The Wars / Sherrill Grace
Echoes across Generations / Patricia M. Schulte and Judith G. Hall
Reconciliation Pole / Nicola Levell
First Light / Harvey Richer
Corroboration / Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Ships at Sea / Renisa Mawani
Constructed Futures / Caitlin Mills and Kalina Christoff
Artistic Silhouettes / Cynthia E. Milton
Material Past / John Grace and Roland Clift
Critical Periods and Early Experience / Janet F. Werker and Lawrence M. Ward
Releasing Trauma / George Belliveau
A Fishy Story / Anthony Farrell
Reconstructing the Past / Megan E. Giroux, Lara Boyd, Deborah A. Connolly, and Daniel M. Bernstein
Documents of Dissent / Laura Osorio Sunnucks, Gwyneira Isaac, and Diana Marsh
Anthems / Ian Williams
In Defence of Forgetting / Shannon Walsh
Monuments in Stone and Colour / Hanna Smyth
Microcosmos / Steven J. Hallam
Time, Oral Tradition, and Technology / Andrew Martindale, Sara Shneiderman, and Mark Turin
Global 1918 / Tara Mayer and Pheroze Unwalla
Reweaving the Past / Michelle LeBaron and Paulette Regan
The Digital Shoebox / Serge Abiteboul
Indigenous Storytelling / Jo-ann Archibald | Q’um Q’um Xiiem
Self, Lost and Found / Alison Phinney
