Private and public memories

Latvian researchers have returned from the 4th international symposium of the Finnish Oral History Network - Private and Public Memories (Helsinki, 29–30 November 2012).

The Latvian OH Association Life Story was repressented by Ieva Garda-Rozenberga, Baiba Bela, Maija Krumina  and Edmunds Supulis, Latvian Folclore Archive by Sanita Reinsone, OH Centre of Daugavpils University by Irena Saleniece.

Memory is a way for people to give meaning to their past. Personal memory is not merely private but always draws on knowledge and information for surrounding society. Public memoriesare shaped by complex power struggles. Who gets to say what about given community? What kinds of practices are used to authorize some versions of a story and to silence other ones? These were the questions discussed in Symposium.

Conference programme
Abstracts