Seminar Mind Map by Neala Swanston

Colour Scheme

nswanston — 2025-02-07 16:58:23 UTC

Black - stimulus source

Blue - connections between sources

Purple - topic ideas

False Nostalgia

nswanston — 2025-02-07 17:01:33 UTC

Written by Johan Norberg (magazine, 2022)

the concept of false nostalgia
artificial history - fake castles
"When asked if life in their country is better or worse today than 50 years ago, 31% British, 41% American, and 46% French say that it is worse
Romanticism
National identities

Maori Oral Narratives, Pakeha Written Texts

nswanston — 2025-02-07 17:05:52 UTC

Written by Judith Binney (New Zealand journal of history, 2004)

There are numerous ways of transmitting history, specifically ORAL and WRITTEN
Two distinct versions of history (one of the colonizer and one of the colonized)
History can be opinion based and subjective
History is not set in stone all the time - it can be changed

Of Memory and Our Democracy

nswanston — 2025-02-07 17:08:00 UTC

Written by Colin Powell (U.S. department of state, 2004)

Remembrance
Honouring those who have came/passed before us
Monuments and their effect on remembering and history

My Mother's House

nswanston — 2025-02-07 17:11:07 UTC

Written by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (Transition, No 109, Persona, 2012)

False nostalgia
Uncommunicative families
Racism and generational trauma
Different stories and narratives coming from different people

Connection - My Mother's House, Maori Oral Narratives, False Nostalgia

nswanston — 2025-02-07 17:12:27 UTC

Having different versions of history come from different places (different groups or different individuals), which can warp someone's perspective on history and create false nostalgia.

Connection - Of Memory and Our Democracy, Maori Oral Narratives

nswanston — 2025-02-07 17:14:02 UTC

Having different ways to share/pass down history to one another and to have different ways to communicate that, such as written, orally, or physically through monuments.

Alzheimer's Association 2024 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures

nswanston — 2025-02-07 17:19:11 UTC

Published by Alzheimer's Association (2024)

A significant amount of people living in America have Alzheimer's
Talks about care givers as well as patients
Unpaid care (from family members)

Connection - Maori Oral Narratives, My Mother's House

nswanston — 2025-02-08 17:39:57 UTC

Talks about how different narratives shapes people's views of history and past events. Also mentions that history is tainted with individual's views and opinions, and it isn't a neutral thing. It is shaped by power, culture, and selective stories. Both texts state that history is constructed over time by numerous people.

Connection - Alzheimer's Association, False Nostalgia

nswanston — 2025-02-08 17:45:42 UTC

Both talk about how memory is a complex thing, however the Alzheimer's Association is more scientific and medical while False Nostalgia is more cultural as well as historical. They talk about loss of memory - one the decline in the brain and the other with the involuntary loss of memory due to numerous factors. They both state that memory overall isn't reliable.

The imperfection and unreliability of human memory, whether due to nostalgia or neurological decline, affects personal identities.

nswanston — 2025-02-08 17:54:38 UTC

Using:

My Mother's House
Maori Oral Narratives
Alzheimer's Statistics
False Nostalgia

To what extent is the imperfection and unreliability of human memory impacted by neurological decline and nostalgia?

nswanston — 2025-02-26 15:37:47 UTC