Memory Lane The Podcast: Recent Episodes
Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones
Memory Lane The Podcast is a biweekly podcast using multidisciplinary theories to demystify the concept of memory and its intersections with identity, nationalism, historical narratives, media, religion, community, capitalist consumption, and more. Memory Lane The Podcast was created and is hosted by Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones. Theme song by Dani Dones. Our executive producer is Jorge Castro. Memory Studies is an academic field that emerged in the 20th-century, focusing on the study of memory as a tool for remembering.
Support Andrés' work and purchase his e-book "Cultural Anxiety: The Myth of Authenticity" at culturalanxiety.org! You can also follow his social media project on Instagram @face.of.culture
In the final stretch of our three-part interview with Andrés, we answer some of his burning questions and address how cultural anxiety has played a role in our own lives.
Thank you for all the support through our first season! We'll be going back to the drawing board to research and plan for Season 2, but we'll be back in a few short months. Stay safe!
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Andrés Bonilla. The author of "Cultural Anxiety: The Myth of Authenticity," and Founder of The International Center for Cultural Anxiety and The Face of Culture, a social project that aims to put a face to the world's experiences with cultural anxiety.
We discuss the research and process Andrés went through while writing this book, how memory and community are inherently tied to our processes of performing "authentic" culture, the impact of cultural imposter syndrome, and what it means to feel anxious about your sense of belonging and ability to claim your own cultural existence.
To support Andrés' work and learn more, you can purchase and download Andrés' fascinating authorial debut "Cultural Anxiety: The Myth of Authenticity" exclusively at www.culturalanxiety.org and follow The Face of Culture on Instagram @face.of.culture
In this episode, we begin with part one of our first-ever guest interview with Andrés Bonilla! Andrés is the author of "Cultural Anxiety: The Myth of Authenticity," and Founder of The International Center for Cultural Anxiety and The Face of Culture, a social project that aims to put a face to the world's experiences with cultural anxiety.
We discuss the research and process Andrés went through while writing this book, how memory and community are inherently tied to our processes of performing "authentic" culture, the impact of cultural imposter syndrome, and what it means to feel anxious about your sense of belonging and ability to claim your own cultural existence.
To support Andrés' work and learn more, you can purchase and download Andrés' fascinating authorial debut "Cultural Anxiety: The Myth of Authenticity" exclusively at www.culturalanxiety.org and follow The Face of Culture on Instagram @face.of.culture
In today's episode, we discuss the 1959 French New Wave romantic drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras.
A lot of spoilers as we discuss the movie in-depth, we recommend watching before listening.
Companion Article:
‘My Body was Aflame with His Memory’: War, Gender and Colonial Ghosts in Hiroshima mon amour (1959). Sandrine Sanos. First published: 18 October 2016
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12247 Memory Lane the Podcast was created and is hosted by Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones. Theme song by Dani Dones. Our executive producer is Jorge Castro. Memory Studies is an academic field that emerged in the 20th-century, focusing on the study of memory as a tool for remembering.
**Memory Lane the Podcast was created and is hosted by Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones. Theme song by Dani Dones. Our executive producer is Jorge Castro. Memory Studies is an academic field that emerged in the 20th-century, focusing on the study of memory as a tool for remembering.
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Ep 7 Tech Links
Coded Bias (Shalini Kantaaya)
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This episode we are talking about one of our favorite childhood movies- Fox Animation Studio's 1997 Anastasia. The film is a loose adaptation of the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, which claims that she escaped the execution of her family.
**Memory Lane the Podcast was created and is hosted by Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones. Theme song by Dani Dones. Our executive producer is Jorge Castro. Memory Studies is an academic field that emerged in the 20th-century, focusing on the study of memory as a tool for remembering.
This episode focuses on the role of film in the construction of national memory within the context of the Vietnam war.Smith, Valerie. “Black Women's Memories and The Help.” Southern Cultures, 24 June 2020, www.southerncultures.org/article/black-womens-memories-and-the-help/.
Sturken, Marita. (1997) “Reenactment and the Making of History: Vietnam War as Docudrama” pp. 85-121
Special bonus episode, where we analyze how memory functions in the Emmy-nominated limited Netflix series Unorthodox. Modeled after true events, the show follows a young Jewish woman adjusting to a new life in secular Germany after fleeing from the ultra-Orthodox community where she was raised in Brooklyn.
This episode is the first in a set of bonus episodes where we discuss classic and popular media through the lens of memory studies.
Memory Lane the Podcast was created and is hosted by Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones. Theme song by Dani Dones. Our executive producer is Jorge Castro. Memory Studies is an academic field that emerged in the 20th-century, focusing on the study of memory as a tool for remembering.
The struggle about who gets to be remembered in history is really a space of resistance about who gets to be valued. In this episode, Alexa and Dani talk about the concept of sites of memory in the context of how migrants that cross the Unites States-Mexico border through the Sonoran desert are remembered and how 9/11 is a site of national mourning.
Délano Alonso, and Benjamin Nienass. "Introduction: Borders and the Politics of Mourning." Social Research 83.2 (2016): XIX. Web.
De Leon, Jason. The Land of Open Graves : Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail. 1st ed. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. Print. California Series in Public Anthropology
Who is Dayani Cristal? Dir. Monroe, Mark, Marc A. Silver, Gael García Bernal, et al. Kino Lorber, 2014.
Nora, Pierre. Between Memory and History: Les Lieux De Mémoire. Oxford UP, 1994. Print.
"State of Exception Opens in New York City, Thursday February 2nd, 2017." Undocumented Migration Project (2017)Web.
Sturken, Marita. "The Objects that Lived: The 9/11 Museum and Material Transformation." Memory Studies 9.1 (2016): 13-26. CrossRef. Web.
Sturken, Marita "Tourism and "Sacred Ground"." Tourists of History. US: Duke University Press, 2007. Print.
**Memory Lane the Podcast was created and is hosted by Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones. Theme song by Dani Dones. Our executive producer is Jorge Castro. Memory Studies is an academic field that emerged in the 20th-century, focusing on the study of memory as a tool for remembering.
Source:**https://www.postmemory.net/
**In this episode, Dani and Alexa introduce themselves, talk about the goddess Mnemosyne, and briefly go through some basic concepts of memory that will be covered in depth in future episodes.
Memory Lane the Podcast was created and is hosted by Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones. Theme song by Dani Dones. Our executive producer is Jorge Castro. Memory Studies is an academic field that emerged in the 20th-century, focusing on the study of memory as a tool for remembering.
EPISODE 1 Sources:**
https://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanisMnemosyne.html
https://human-memory.net/the-study-of-human-memory/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hartley
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodule-Armand-Ribot
https://dictionary.apa.org/ribots-law
https://dictionary.apa.org/pitres-rule
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hermann-Ebbinghaus
https://human-memory.net/sensory-memory/
Memory Lane The Podcast is a biweekly podcast using multidisciplinary theories to demystify the concept of memory and its intersections with identity, nationalism, historical narratives, media, religion, community, capitalist consumption, and more.
**Every other week we discuss texts and concepts from the field of memory studies and apply them to different topics, such as movies, songs, historical narratives, and experiences. Our analysis draws from a variety of academic fields as well as our own experiences and those of our guests. Tune in each episode as we take a trip down Memory Lane to better understand how memory functions as a tool for individuals, societies, and even technologies.
Memory Lane The Podcast was created and is hosted by Alexa Gonzalez and Dani Dones. Theme song by Dani Dones. Our executive producer is Jorge Castro. Memory Studies is an academic field that emerged in the 20th-century, focusing on the study of memory as a tool for remembering.**