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I remember it well… I was there. Or was I?
Periodically here, I muse on the nature of what we do – social, oral and collective local history – and wonder aloud about what makes it work, how to do it and whether we’re doing it right.
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Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Confirmation, Consistency bias, false, False memory, how memory works, inlayer, iPM, Lichfield Lore, Memory, recollection, recovered, Walsall Local History Centre
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Memories don’t lie… or do they?
Yesterday, I happened to catch an item on a great Radio Four news discussion show, iPM. It touches on something I’m very interested in, which hugely affects recorded and oral history, reflection and recollection. False memory is a fascinating, little … Continue reading
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