Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach
Abstract This paper presents the results of a research project carried out in Portomarín, a small town in Galicia (Spain), which was flooded as a result of the construction of a dam in 1963. A new town was built a short distance away, but a strong sense of rootlessness remains among the inhabitants...
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| author | Belén Castro-Fernández Guadalupe Jiménez-Esquinas Luís Alberto Marques Alves Ramón López-Facal |
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| description | Abstract This paper presents the results of a research project carried out in Portomarín, a small town in Galicia (Spain), which was flooded as a result of the construction of a dam in 1963. A new town was built a short distance away, but a strong sense of rootlessness remains among the inhabitants of the town. To what extent does the population of Portomarín recognise its memory regarding the forced removal as heritage? What means can be employed to incorporate the historical process of the forced removal into its identity? How can heritage education contribute towards the population overcoming these feelings of rootlessness? The inhabitants’ conceptions of their forced removal were identified, and an educational activity was implemented in the town’s school regarding the process of the removal. The hypothesis is confirmed that a community that does not foster intergenerational dialogue about its past (which in this case was traumatic) and does not develop its own strategy to assist in explaining and understanding its local history does not construct a shared identity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28ade06e4d244889996dbacb818eef9f2022-12-21T23:06:18ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922021-01-018111210.1057/s41599-020-00684-8Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approachBelén Castro-Fernández0Guadalupe Jiménez-Esquinas1Luís Alberto Marques Alves2Ramón López-Facal3University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)University of Porto (Portugal)University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)Abstract This paper presents the results of a research project carried out in Portomarín, a small town in Galicia (Spain), which was flooded as a result of the construction of a dam in 1963. A new town was built a short distance away, but a strong sense of rootlessness remains among the inhabitants of the town. To what extent does the population of Portomarín recognise its memory regarding the forced removal as heritage? What means can be employed to incorporate the historical process of the forced removal into its identity? How can heritage education contribute towards the population overcoming these feelings of rootlessness? The inhabitants’ conceptions of their forced removal were identified, and an educational activity was implemented in the town’s school regarding the process of the removal. The hypothesis is confirmed that a community that does not foster intergenerational dialogue about its past (which in this case was traumatic) and does not develop its own strategy to assist in explaining and understanding its local history does not construct a shared identity.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00684-8 |
| spellingShingle | Belén Castro-Fernández Guadalupe Jiménez-Esquinas Luís Alberto Marques Alves Ramón López-Facal Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach |
| title_full | Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach |
| title_fullStr | Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach |
| title_short | Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach |
| title_sort | emotional conflict and trauma the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed methods approach |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00684-8 |
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