Historical Trauma

Historical Trauma – emotional, spiritual, physical, and social effects of traumatic events on a group of people in the present as endured by past generations. Anthropologists study how trauma can affect whole cultures in different ways

Each portal will have these elements:

  • 6 word story on portal entry
  • tweet-length definition — in this installation, the text is auto-fed, but the final product will edit the theme and will be coded to have the entire definition on each portal entry image rollover
  • voiceover narrative with link to Cool Anthropology Soundcloud account as well as the written copy
  • a fictional letter from one person written from the perspective of a marginalized community
  • one minute video of a spoken word piece over news/headline images
  • at least one infographic
  • a survey
  • annotated bibliography – anthropology
  • annotated bibliography – history
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