SOCIAL MEMORY (PY3067)

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This course inquires into the nature and dynamics of how groups (families, institutions, countries, etc.) reconstruct and represent the past together. The problem of social memory is approached from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Students will have the opportunity to explore various places of memory in Paris and examine how these historical events are constructed in the present.

Code: 
PY3067
Name: 
SOCIAL MEMORY
Discipline: 
PY (Psychology)
Type: 
CCI
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
College Level=Sophomore OR PY1000CCI
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Acquire the tools to critically analyze contemporary representations of the past
  2. Describe and critique the aesthetic and narrative properties of memorials, monuments and other representations of the past
  3. Describe the interaction between personal memory and social memory
  4. Improve skills presenting scholarly work in oral and written form
  5. Understand the social, political and cultural forces at issue in remembering and representing the past
  6. Local and Global Perspectives: Students will enhance their intercultural understanding of languages, cultures, and histories of local societies and the global issues to which these relate (CCI LO1)
  7. Civic and Ethical Engagement: Students will demonstrate awareness of ethical considerations relating to specific societal problems, values, or practices (historical or contemporary; global or local) and learn to articulate possible solutions to prominent challenges facing societies and institutions today so as to become engaged actors at various levels in our interconnected world (CCI LO4)

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