Description
Book SynopsisHeritage theory places individual experiences in a precarious position. Representational approaches draw attention to socio-political contexts and ethical considerations but largely render the self silent. Affective approaches, on the other hand, develop meaningful components of the emotive and sensed self, but internalized and unmitigated heritage runs the risk of perpetuating oppressive constructs. In Construed Heritage, Jennifer Goddard argues that heritage experiences can be viewed as subjective-objective relationships and analyzed through discursive and figurative construal level distances. Goddard contends that memory consumes and retains heritage experiences as cognitive objects that are collected and curated into personal narratives.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Section I: Subjective Narratives and Objectified Experience
Chapter 1: Palomar’s Gaze: Subjective Positioning
Chapter 2: Narrative Theory: Between Representation and Affect
Section II: Construal Distance
Chapter 3: Relationships of Distance: Construal
Chapter 4: Construal and Subjective Gazing
Chapter 5: Construed Narrative Positions: Interpretation and Visitation
Section III: Collectable Experiences
Chapter 6: Collecting Overview
Chapter 7: Collecting Attributes and Experience Parallels
Section IV: Cognitive Museums
Chapter 8: Motivation and Narrative Goals
Chapter 9: Autobiographical Reasoning
Section V: Forces of Abstraction and Distance
Chapter 10: Loss Aversion: Valence and Possession
Chapter 11: Self-Narrative Themes and Plotlines
Section VI: Anticipating Narratives: Applicable Heritage
Chapter 12: Interpretive Considerations
Conclusion: Construed Heritage Experiences
