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Article dans une revue Psicologia e Saber Social / Psychology and Social Knowing Année : 2015

A study on the social representations and social memory of Brest, a French city destroyed during the Second World War

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We studied the socio-spatial representations and collective memory of Brest, a city that was heavily destroyed during the Second World War, among a sample of young residents. The methodology used combined word associations, open questions in the form of a questionnaire, and cognitive maps. The results show that participants’ representations of Brest are situated in the present because the city is the context in which they experience important (personal and professional) life stages. The painful past of the war is remembered superficially, as if the urban monuments – the physical symbols of history – do not hold much significance for the city’s young people. We conclude by formulating several hypotheses on the social representations of this “old and forgotten” Brest by new generations, alongside a discussion on two major issues: the trauma of the war and the city’s military function as a naval base.

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hal-01259156, version 1 (20-01-2016)

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Martha de Alba, Magdalini Dargentas. A study on the social representations and social memory of Brest, a French city destroyed during the Second World War. Psicologia e Saber Social / Psychology and Social Knowing, 2015, 4 (2), pp.195-206. ⟨10.12957/psi.saber.soc.2015.20075⟩. ⟨hal-01259156⟩
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