Freitag, 09. Mai 2025, 13:00 - 18:00 iCal

International Workshop

The Stories (in the) Constructed: (Re-)presenting the past in the present

MediaLab of the Faculty of Philology and Cultural Studies, UZA 2, Rotunde, Stiege H, Ebene 1&3
Josef-Holaubek- Platz 2, 1090 Vienna

Tagung

To locate one’s (and ones’) root has been a recurring theme, both as personal pursuits and academic endeavor. At the state level, the nation’s meticulously articulated history and collective memory often serve as the source of convergence for its people. At the community level, people share a story, an experience, and hence a sense of belonging. Such collective notions are possibly coherent with individuals’ stories, but they can also be dissonant and even contradictory to each other. The act of recording history at the level of the civilian is, therefore, an intriguing undertaking: Our sense of the past is shaped by a variety of forces, including our education and broader processes of socialization, our built environments, and the listening-in and sharing of experiences among family members, friends, community, and the media. These interconnected and dialectical elements dictate how we remember and narrate the past, and hence how the past is manifested in these elements.

The workshop will present ongoing research and practices – theories, case studies or methodologies - concerned with the way in which the past is interwoven into various forms of cultural artefacts and activities to be remembered, narrated, celebrated or instrumentalized.

Veranstalter

Department of Eastasien Studies/Sinology, University of Vienna

Kontakt

Dr. Liza Wing Man Kam
Department of East Asian Studies
Sinology
/
liza.wing.man.kam@univie.ac.at

Erstellt am Sonntag, 06. April 2025, 12:30
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 13. Mai 2025, 14:30