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Mapping Memories 2017 Pre-Conference Take-Aways (13 - 15 October 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine) #mapme17 1. MulJ-vocality and mulJ- perspecJvity #East-West #diversity of professional background academia, educators, prac<<oners #layering of

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Pre-Conference Take-Aways

(13 - 15 October 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Mapping Memories 2017

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1. MulJ-vocality and mulJ-

perspecJvity

#East-West #diversity of professional background – academia, educators, prac<<oners #layering of conflic<ng narra<ves #culture of remembrance in prac<ce Prototype: Museum of USSR

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2. ParJcipatory approach

#importance of applica<on to memory work #speed da<ng, faceboarding, world cafe #design thinking #par<cipants as speakers #interviewing guides and lecturers Prototype: Sita

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3. Leave your comfort zone

#MapMe17 #leave your echo chamber & comfort zone #ques<on your assump<ons & rethink Prototype: Rustavi: Exploring living memory

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4. Prototyping

#solu<on-oriented #kick-star<ng #try & error in safe environment #tes<ng Prototype: Collapse of communism. Contested history

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5. ‚User oriented‘: empathy & acJve

listening

#field research #know your ‚target group‘ #respect and diversity of ideas #social cohesion around remembrance Prototype: New common memory. Migrants and local history

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6. Keep it simple and creaJve

#terminology and coherence #mul<tude of layers in a simple object #symbols #speaking objects Prototype: Tree as a witness; Sita

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7. Dynamics of remembrance

#moving sands of memory and of memorials #impact of poli<cs and conflicts #ongoing history nego<a<on #big debates Prototype: De-militarizaJon of memory

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8. Whose responsibility is

remembrance?

#forgoJen places #poli<cs #empowering communi<es #grassroot responsibility #sustainability #state, ci<zens, future genera<ons, private sector, historians, academia?

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9. InnovaJon in history educaJon

#methods #future genera<ons #space for crea<vity #mul<-disciplinarity and trans-na<onality Prototype: New generaJon Z

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Key quesJons

How to reconcile a non-negoJable core of facts with the

singularity of personal accounts?

How to challenge persistent assumpJons?
Does the ideal memorial exist (mulJtude of narraJves)?