Practice Questions for History and Memory 2009 Analyze the ways history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights Representing an ‘absolute truth’ is impossible. Inherent human bias affects both history and memory. We unintentionally falsify parts of the past in order to emphasise the nature of past events we find central to our individual beliefs. Therefore we are challenged with obvious limitations in representing the ‘truth’. The interplay of history and memory however‚ leads to a
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Cultural Memory: Quickly glancing at “memory” it seems to be something passive‚ something that is stuck in the past and will not physically reappear. It is something that has happened and is stuck in time‚ along with people‚ places‚ smells and etc. If you take a closer look at “memory though‚ it reveals that it is dynamic and connects all intellectual and emotional dimensions together. Cultural memory is symbolic. It is a memory that is passed from one person or one generation to the next. It is
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Past‚ present‚ future History and memory- which one to believe? The people who survived the Holocaust are slowly disappearing. The number of these survivors is decreasing drastically year by year. Does that mean the memory of these brave fighters leave this world with them? Yes? No? This is where the role of history enters the image. Recorded documents‚ facts‚ statistics‚ writings out of archives are all everlasting pieces of the past. These documents on their own fail to present the undented
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Advanced English - Essay Explore How ’The Queen’ & Two Other Related Texts Of Your Own Choosing Represent History & Memory In Unique & Evocative Ways History consists of what is known‚ remembered and recorded about the past in as objective a way as possible. Memory can be a fragmented yet still valid perspective on the past which enables History to fill in the gaps. The concepts of History & Memory are featured in the texts‚ ’The Queen’‚ a film directed by Stephen Frears‚ ’Kurt Cobain’s Suicide Letter’
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A Well Balanced Diet Is Essential To A Dancer A well-balanced diet is essential for a dancer if they wish to maintain a long career in which they continue to perform at their best. Constant training takes its toll on muscles‚ joints and bones‚ and so a healthy diet can improve recovery from such strain‚ repair soft tissue‚ and assist the growth of muscle. Eating a wholesome diet also increases energy‚ focus and concentration in dance‚ delay fatigue‚ and prevent injury‚ thus supporting a long and
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and analyze at length for a number of reasons. To start‚ hula is relatively simple‚ not to learn‚ but as a social wonder and characteristic of Hawaii. Although the dance possesses religious undertones the documentary mentioned that sincere hula dancers appeal to the Hawaiian gods to assist them it certainly isn ’t driven by an overbearing religious impulse. Furthermore‚ although hula and its sagas are transmitted from generation to generation as oral traditions (211)‚ the traditions are not sustained
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Mao Tun and the Wild Roses: A Study of the Psychology of Revolutionary Commitment Author(s): Yu-shih Chen Reviewed work(s): Source: The China Quarterly‚ No. 78 (Jun.‚ 1979)‚ pp. 296-323 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/652957 . Accessed: 21/02/2012 09:59 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Bibliography Cherry‚ Kendra. "Memory Retrieval: Retrieving Information from the Memory." About.com Psychology. The New York Times Company‚ n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2012. Holladay‚ April. "How Does the Human Memory Work?" USA Today. WonderQuest‚ 15 Mar. 2007. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. Mastin‚ Luke. "Memory Recall/ Retrieval." The Human Memory. N.p.‚ 2009. Web. 22 Sept. 2012. Miller‚ Greg. "How Are Memories Stored and Retrieved." Science Mag. AAAS‚ 1 July 2005. Web. 22 Sept. 2012. Mills‚ Kristen L.‚ and Heather
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Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung Pronounced As: mou dzu-doong ‚ 1893-1976‚ founder of the People’s Republic of China. One of the most prominent Communist theoreticians‚ Mao’s ideas on revolutionary struggle and guerrilla warfare were extremely influential‚ especially among Third World revolutionaries. Of Hunanese peasant stock‚ Mao was trained in Chinese classics and later received a modern education. As a young man he observed oppressive social conditions‚ becoming one of the original members of the
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systems have dominated the scene. For nearly all but the last fifty-two years‚ China was ruled by a feudal system under an Emperor‚ the Son of Heaven. In the late 19th century‚ the feudal warlords had usurped nearly all of the actual power of the Emperor and had led the country into an age of decadence‚ economic chaos‚ and a class system that consistently denied the majority of the population any real control over its destiny. In 1949‚ Mao Tse Tung‚ with Deng Hsiao Ping at his side‚ arrived in Tiananmen
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