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According to Mead durations are "a continual sliding of presents into each other" (Mead, 1934, p. 334). In times of rupture and rapid change, however, the past may serve as a point of departure for mentally creating and testing answers to challenges of unforeseen phenomena as well as to an...

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Published in:Journal of comparative family studies 2011-05, Vol.42 (3), p.5-7
Main Authors: Levin, Irene, Hennum, Nicole, Lenz, Claudia, Wetlesen, Tone Schou
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Holocaust
Seminars
Social change
Social sciences
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Summary:According to Mead durations are "a continual sliding of presents into each other" (Mead, 1934, p. 334). In times of rupture and rapid change, however, the past may serve as a point of departure for mentally creating and testing answers to challenges of unforeseen phenomena as well as to an unpredictable future. A number of contributions in this issue deal with the "memory strategies" by which family members strive for orientation and identity in situations of economical and social change for instance by steel workers in Luxenburg (Elisabeth Boesen and Denise Scuto) or under the conditions of migration from Greece to other western countries (Georgina Tsolidis).
ISSN:0047-2328
1929-9850
DOI:10.3138/jcfs.42.3.5