Identify two concrete examples of collective memory

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  1. How does the concept of collective memory help us understand the power of stories and narrative?
  2. Identify two concrete examples of collective memory (but not 9/11) and explain how these collective memories operate and have power in contemporary society. Where are these "memories" and "narratives" circulated (films, books, TV, conversation)?
  3. Identify a real world geographical marker of collective memory that fits one of Foote's 4 types of landscapes of memory: sanctification, designation, rectification and obliteration. Which types is it and why and what is the significance of it being this type and not another (ie why for example was it sanctified and not obliterated?)

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