Nishizaka2024a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Nishizaka2024a |
| Author(s) | Aug Nishizaka |
| Title | The temporal thickness of the lifeworld: The relevance of remembering |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Michael Lynch |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Ethnographic Studies |
| Volume | 20 |
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| Pages | 246-267 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.26034/lu.ethns.2024.6921 |
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Abstract
The appeal and limitations of Lt. Col. North’s strategic use of remembering and forgetting during the Iran-Contra hearings, as explored by Lynch and Bogen (1996), prompt us to critically reflect on our experience of the past in our lives. Using conversation analysis, we examine interviews with residents who returned to their hometowns after long evacuations due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and elucidate the conceptual structure in which we are related to a past event in the configuration of a specific action in the local order of interaction. We argue that remembering is not always relevant even when we address our past experiences and that remembering is not the only way of accessing the past. In conclusion, a paradox involved in the modern cultural institution of testimony is discussed.
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