The Unending War: Social myth, individual memory and the Malvinas

Lorenz, Federico; Ozón, Gabriel

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“…La historia de la guerra de Malvinas en particular, y del archipiélago en general, es profundamente controvertida y rara vez aparece desligada del marco de la disputa por la soberanía (Lorenz, 2022a). A nivel diplomático, hoy imperan dos grandes visiones enfrentadas: Argentina reclama la soberanía en base a lo que entiende son sus derechos históricos y territoriales.…”

Section: La Enseñanza Dialógica Y Sus Posibilidades a La Hora De Abor...unclassified

Controversias dialógicas y teatro documental en la enseñanza de conflictos históricos recientes

Cantabrana Carassou,

Carretero,

Barreiro

2023

Panta Rei

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Based on the interest of analyzing the effects of dialogic teaching in the approach to conflictive pasts, this paper presents the quantitative results of a pretest-posttest didactic design study on the teaching of the Malvinas War in a group of 66 students from Buenos Aires, Argentina. For this purpose, we developed several dialogic activities based on the viewing of the film Theater of War and the reading of historiographic texts. A questionnaire was used to assess historical knowledge, levels of prejudice towards the English and moral judgments about the war. The results suggest that the dialogic activities were effective in strengthening historical knowledge and reducing prejudice among students. Moral judgments about the war proved more difficult to change. This highlights the relevance of promoting dialogue in the classroom to encourage a reflective understanding of the past. Partiendo del interés de analizar los efectos de la enseñanza dialógica en el abordaje de pasados conflictivos, se presentan los resultados cuantitativos de un estudio de diseño pre-test post-test de carácter didáctico sobre la enseñanza de la guerra de Malvinas en un grupo de 66 estudiantes de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Para ello, se desarrollaron una serie de actividades dialógicas basadas en el visionado de la película Teatro de Guerra y la lectura de textos historiográficos. Se utilizó un cuestionario para evaluar el conocimiento histórico, los niveles de prejuicio hacia los ingleses y los juicios morales sobre la guerra. Los resultados sugieren que las actividades dialógicas fueron efectivas para fortalecer el conocimiento histórico y reducir el prejuicio entre los estudiantes. Los juicios morales sobre la guerra se mostraron más difíciles de cambiar. Se destaca la importancia de promover el diálogo en el aula para fomentar una comprensión reflexiva del pasado.

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Controversias dialógicas y teatro documental en la enseñanza de conflictos históricos recientes

Cantabrana Carassou,

Carretero,

Barreiro

2023

Panta Rei

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“…The scholarly literature addresses various factors that influence the autobiographical memory of war veterans. Some of the main factors described as inhibiting veterans from talking about their war experiences -whether at all or truthfully -is the concern that their wrongdoings during wars will be exposed, thus inflicting personal harm on them, such as legal prosecution (Bar-On, 2001;Branche and House, 2010;Campos, 2008), their psychological difficulties dealing with traumatic past experiences (Annan et al, 2009;Bar-On, 2001;Ben Ze'ev, 2010;Campos, 2008;Geraerts et al, 2007;Hynes, 1998;Lorenz, 1999) and concern about sanctions that could be implemented against them in case the historical narratives that they present in public deviate from the official narratives (Becker, 2008;Roper, 2000). Such inhibiting tendencies have also been explained as an outcome of the wish of veterans to present themselves in a glorified manner to ameliorate their self-esteem and to increase their feeling of connection to their society (Metsola, 2009), because of shame for their wrongdoings (Campos, 2008), and to get financial and employment benefits from their government (Metsola, 2010).…”

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“…The tendency toward inhibition (i.e. not talking about war experiences at all) has also been described as an outcome of the veterans' need to have some personal perspective on the past, thus leading to about a decade of silence before writing their memoirs (Bergonzi, 1996), or because of a lack of feelings of solidarity and sympathy toward them by members of their society (Lorenz, 1999).…”

Section: Autobiographical Memorymentioning

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“…On the other hand, the literature describes veterans as being inclined to talk about their war experiences -either at all and/or truthfully -when they "grow old", thus being more open to reveal their past activities (Ben Ze'ev, 2010), and when legal recognition has been granted to them by the state as suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (Branche and House, 2010). Other reasons involving greater inclination are the need of veterans to share their suffering during the wars with their people (Lorenz, 1999); feelings of obligation to tell the members of their society the truth about the horrors of war that led to the unnecessary death of so many people, some of them their friends (Winter, 2006); and writing their memoirs as a way of dealing with their grief over the death of their friends (Winter and Sivan, 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Israeli war veterans’ memory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Nets‐Zehngut

2017

IJCMA

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Purpose This paper aims to explore, for the first time over a long period of time, the autobiographical memory of Israeli veterans of the 1948 War, pertaining to the 1948 Palestinian exodus that led to the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. Does this memory include the Zionist narrative (i.e. willing flight of the Palestinian refugees) or a critical narrative (i.e. willing flight and expulsion)? One of the primary sources to influence the collective memory of conflicts is the autobiographical memory. This memory is also one of the primary sources for research of the past. Thus, autobiographical memory is of importance. Design/methodology/approach Methodologically, this is done through an analysis of all 1948 veterans’ memoirs published between 1949 and 2004. Interviews were also conducted with various veterans, to understand the dynamics of their memoir publication. Findings Empirical findings suggest that during the first period (1949-1968), this memory was exclusively Zionist; during the second (1969-1978), it became slightly critical; and during the third (1979-2004), the critical tendency became more prevalent. Onward, the nine empirical causes for the presentation of exodus the way it was presented are discussed. Theoretical findings relate, inter alia, to the importance of micro factors in shaping the autobiographical memory, assembles seven such theoretical factors, suggests that these factors can influence in two ways (promoting collective memory change or inhibiting it), and that their impact can change over time. Originality/value Taken together, the paper contributes empirical and theoretical findings that are based on a solid and wide scope research.

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“…At the core of these contradictions are the ex-soldiers, or veterans, of the Malvinas war. One of the main lines of research on veterans' narratives of the war has been developed from a contemporary historical perspective which combines published memoirs with interviews and oral testimonies, both in the UK (Woodward 2005;Robinson 2011;Theodorakis 2013) and in Argentina (Lorenz 1999(Lorenz , 2011(Lorenz , 2012. These studies show the contradictory values associated to individual memories and collective narratives about war and dictatorship.…”

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Authenticity, identity and narrative inequality: struggling in times of peace to be a Malvinas war veteran

Bonnin

2016

Journal of Multicultural Discourses

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This article analyzes narratives of the Malvinas war by a group of Argentine non-recognized veterans. Our aim is to understand the discursive conditions of their situation, which leaves them in an unequal position with respect to other veterans. Analysis will show that their stories are shaped in a way which is not compatible with the hegemonic narratives about war, thus receiving an unequal legal treatment.

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The Unending War: Social myth, individual memory and the Malvinas

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Controversias dialógicas y teatro documental en la enseñanza de conflictos históricos recientes

Controversias dialógicas y teatro documental en la enseñanza de conflictos históricos recientes

Israeli war veterans’ memory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Authenticity, identity and narrative inequality: struggling in times of peace to be a Malvinas war veteran

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