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jackredfieldwasmyjacob · 7 months ago

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today in the memory studies course i'm attending while in trento the lecture was about forgetting and oblivion not as an opposite to remembrance but a complement to it. the professor discussed the different forms of oblivion (that do not necessarily equate with forgetting) using examples with italy and fascism and. i just got so sad and angry and depressed knowing how badly spain had done in that precise matter. now i have chest pain and i want to cry.

#she was discussing the reapropiation of fascist monuments in bolzano into interesting memory exhibitions #and meanwhile i was thinking about el valle de los caídos #she talked about reconciliation and amnesty #i could only think about the transición and how my great grandfather was pardoned more than 30 years after his death #it's just. this pure and utter despair

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