FINE205 Lecture 1: Fine 205 Lecture 1
13 Sep 2016
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Raising the flag on iwo jima, historic photograph taken on february 23, 1945. Very similar to the image of fireman raising the flag on ground zero after 9/11. Images are readily available in textbooks, media, and in national cemetery as a sculpture. Comparison photo was taken with the intent to remind people of. American strength in wwii and triumph over japanese after pearl. Cultural memory is constructed with these kinds of images. How do they remember their mythical homeland: manufactured memory is significantly interesting phenomenon relating to legal issues, trauma etc, dusan dzamonja, podgaric monument: monument to te revolution of the people of moslavina, 1967. In the middle of nowhere, almost a pilgrimage to the site. Abstracted into mythical form that looks like bird wings on the site of a very bloody battle. Difference between manufactured memory and abstracted memory: comparison of storage memory and functions memory, comparison of storage memory and functions memory, storage memories can be totally disconnected.
