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al-mayriti · 1 year ago

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these last few lectures in oblivion studies, memory activism, decommemoration and similar stuff have been so so draining cause the professor talked about the political use of oblivion. the intentional oblivion. how memory activism is good and should work with the institutions to facilitate transitions from non-democratic to democratic regimes. and then i think about spain and how terrible was the transition and the institutions created maybe too late and the oblivion and how everything seems to go for the worse and. it's no surprise i've been having massive anxiety these past few days.

#it's so exhausting #i want to cry in class all the time #it fueled me to some time get to write a book on the failed transition in spain in terms of memory studies #cause there's a lot to be said #anyways #it's also been a bizarre situation to study things that are so recent #like today's lecture.#the first handbook of memory activism ever was published in 2023 #we talked about cancel culture. black lives matter.#keep in mind i study ancient times. i am not used to stuff being this recent

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