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Memory Stories

Memory Stories. GMTSRN 4 th July 2014. What is memory work?. Method of inquiry developed by Frigga Haug with and for the feminist movement. Tool to discover memories we didn’t know we had and explore assumptions about ourselves and our behaviour. What is memory work?.

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Memory Stories

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  1. Memory Stories GMTSRN 4th July 2014

  2. What is memory work? • Method of inquiry developed by Frigga Haug with and for the feminist movement. • Tool to discover memories we didn’t know we had and explore assumptions about ourselves and our behaviour.

  3. What is memory work? • A research tool that generates data and/or research questions. • An individual or collective tool for exploring questions of identity and how social norms influence our identities. • Can be quite an elaborate process over a period of time.

  4. Theoretical assumptions • Our personalities are constructed • Meaning is constructed • Tendency to eliminate contradictions • Language is not a neutral tool

  5. What are we planning to do? • Select a question/topic • Take 5 minutes to think • Take 15 minutes to write our stories • Mix them up and read out aloud • Select one story to analyse in-depth

  6. Please remember • We will be analysing the text, not the writer.

  7. Possible topics • When I was trying to make a difference • A time when I was successful • A time of change • A time when I learned something

  8. Further reading • Frigga Haug, Memory-work as a method of social science research – A detailed rendering of memory-work method, accessed online on July 4th, 2014 at http://www.friggahaug.inkrit.de/documents/memorywork-researchguidei7.pdf • Karin Widerberg, “For the sake of knowledge: Exploring memory-work in research and teaching,” in: A. Hyle, M. Ewing, D. Montgomery + J. Kaufman (eds.) (2008), Dissecting the Mundane: International Perspectives on Memory work, University Press of America

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