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Article summaries

Ashley Davis
Comp: 106
Professor A. Yerks
Oct. 7, 2009
Academic Article Summaries
Due to it being one of my chief areas of study, the chosen genre of each of my articles is sociology. The articles focus on the sociological stand point of the relevance of race within the act of remembering. Though memory remains the main theme between the three; they each explore the mechanisms used to engage in remembering and instances of specific memories in distinct manners.
Within “Generations and Collective Memory” Revisited; Race Region, and Memory of Civil Rights from the American Sociological Review( 2004), Larry J. Griffin explores a confirmed theory that suggest that certain age groups recall distinct world events differently; helping to create generational identity. Griffin aims to revise this theory in the specific case of civil rights and directs his argument to all critics of collective memory. He finds that this theory and its principles provide vastly different outcomes in regards to civil rights. He argues region and race are solely responsible for the discrepancy. The theoretical idea expressed is that where highly charged events happen, consciousness and memory are shaped, suggesting that the idea of social location of generational identity information is place specific, as well as age and race dependent. Griffin states that “Before we understand how people deploy memory, however, we must know what people remember and why they remember the particular events they do.” Griffin relates his findings in an academic style using sociologic terms while dually making it decipherable to any reader. The article represents science through its nature of study and observation.
Since studies of race relations generally ignore collective memory’s role in shaping racial norms and attitudes, Griffin and Bollen analyze how memories of racial oppression, conflict, and reconstruction shape race relations within the article “What Do These Memories Do? Civil Rights Remembrance and Racial Attitudes” from the American Sociological Review (2009). They examine how American’s recollections of the civil rights movements influence their racial attitudes and racial policy preferences.
Within Individual Differences in Race Schematicity as Predictors of African American and White Children’s Race-Relevant Memories and Peer Preference from The Journal of Genetic Psychology, Gary D. Levy studies how stereotyping is positively associated with inaccurate memories of race with children.
Each of the articles concludes that race is a major factor within categorizing what each individual remembers.
(Please don’t comment on the missing aspects, clearly I’m aware of that seeing that it’s a very rough draft I’m going to provide more detail. Try to focus your attention and comments on what you can take from what I’ve provided and what information would add to the overall substance.) Thanks

Screen Capture

My difficult composing task is the argumentative essay assignment. As shown in my screen capture, my current progress with the argumentative essay is non existent due to the present lack of motivation, creativity, and sleep; thus making it extremely difficult! The first thought that came to mind when I viewed the image of my capture was "This is cool," followed shortly by, "Who knew I could take a picture of my screen with the computer!" I then wondered who came up with the idea of being able to capture your screen and what was the initial purpose of it.

As previously noted the screen capture amazed me a little, which inevitably led me to wonder how it worked. Although I couldn't come up with a plausible answer, I did notice how the image was reshaped to a smaller size to fit within the screen. I suppose I would say that compositions change shape in digital space due to the complex tasks that the creators of the computer set forth to enable users to complete given task. I'm not really sure how it happens, but my guess would be that the information is broken down and recorded, then remastered to be able to fit within different sizes as well as made viewable in different spaces. I could better understand the digital composing process by gaining some knowledge of it through observance. The best way to gain knowledge would be through research or a hands on course that provides information about it.