Memory Conflicts in History Lessons

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Workshop: Memory Conflicts in History Lessons Dr. Timur Guzairov, University of Tartu, Estonia Merit Rikberg, University of Tartu, Estonia

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Workshop:MemoryConflictsinHistoryLessonsDr.Timur Guzairov,UniversityofTartu,EstoniaMeritRikberg,UniversityofTartu,Estonia

1.MultiperspectivityGiveashortoverviewofthehistoricaleventof1944includingmultiplepoints ofview.Trytofindexplanationstothosecontradictionsthatappear.

2.AnalysisofthetextComparethetwotextsandbringout:howistheplotconstructed;whatoppositionsareused;examples ofemotionallanguage;figures ofspeech (metaphors,comparisons); imageoftheselfandthe other;whatarethedominatingmotives.

3.PoliticalcorrectnessThinkhowtotellthestoryinawaythatwouldeliminatetheconflict.Isitpossibletofindanobjectivehistoricalnarrativethatwouldfitbothsides?

4.Thefutureofthe9th ofMayYourtaskistothinkofsomeidealfuture scenariosforcommemoratingthe9th ofMaywhichwouldnotdividesocietyintotwo confrontinggroups.Istheresomethingaboutthisdaytorememberforeveryone? Could it bring people from different memory groups together?