Photography, memory, and the construction of identities on the former East–West German border  

Oleh:

Galasinski, Dariusz (Co-Author); Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse Studies (Full Text) vol. 2 no. 3 (Aug. 2000), page 323-353.
Topik: border communities; discourse; Germany; identities; photography
Fulltext: 323DES23.pdf (1.17MB)

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This article discusses pilot data for a major research project into the discursive construction of identity in three-generation families living in (former) border communities where each generation has experienced fundamental changes in their socio-political environment. The oral data on which the analysis is based were triggered by photographs from the communities in question, and are being analysed with discourse-analytical procedures. The article demonstrates how an innovative method of using symbolically-charged photography as triggers for oral narratives can solve a major dilemma for discourse analysts interested in oral data. It also demonstrates the processes of identity construction under highly conflictual circumstances. Using examples mainly taken from the narratives of three individuals from three different generations, living in a town on the border between the former GDR and West Germany, the article discusses the discursive means of coming to terms with different kinds of difficulties encountered by each generation in constructing for themselves an identity in the new Germany.

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