Presentation Type
Poster
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Bridget Nolan, Intelligence and Security Studies
Major
Digital Culture and Design
Presentation Abstract
The system of education is shaped by the social location in which it is taught. This broad concept has been made apparent in relation to national collective memories of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, a point of interest for the Center of Inclusive Excellence’s (CIE) research trip to Honolulu, Hawaii in the first week of March. During our conversations in the CIE, Pearl Harbor has become a hub of conversation especially for the authors of this poster—a Japanese-born student and an American-born student with family ties to Pearl Harbor. These conversations have led to the realization that our respective educations represent a duality of comprehension. Our poster presentation will ask the question, "How do American and Japanese collective memories differ regarding Pearl Harbor?" Through our research in Hawaii, we plan to unravel the idiosyncrasies of our education based upon the age-old saying that "History is written by the winners." An intensive amount of research must be done in order to decipher the differences and similarities between the academic recollection of World War II enemies regarding an event as instrumental in the modern world as the attack on Pearl Harbor. This research will be presented in a poster format, which will identify key differences and similarities in the historic recalling of the attack from the perspectives of both American and Japanese students.
Start Date
12-4-2023 4:00 PM
End Date
12-4-2023 6:00 PM
Disciplines
Communication | History
Recommended Citation
DeCordova, Celina and Scivetti, Max, "Historical Narratives: American and Japanese Perspectives on Pearl Harbor" (2023). Undergraduate Research Competition. 87.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2023/fullconference/87
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Historical Narratives: American and Japanese Perspectives on Pearl Harbor
The system of education is shaped by the social location in which it is taught. This broad concept has been made apparent in relation to national collective memories of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, a point of interest for the Center of Inclusive Excellence’s (CIE) research trip to Honolulu, Hawaii in the first week of March. During our conversations in the CIE, Pearl Harbor has become a hub of conversation especially for the authors of this poster—a Japanese-born student and an American-born student with family ties to Pearl Harbor. These conversations have led to the realization that our respective educations represent a duality of comprehension. Our poster presentation will ask the question, "How do American and Japanese collective memories differ regarding Pearl Harbor?" Through our research in Hawaii, we plan to unravel the idiosyncrasies of our education based upon the age-old saying that "History is written by the winners." An intensive amount of research must be done in order to decipher the differences and similarities between the academic recollection of World War II enemies regarding an event as instrumental in the modern world as the attack on Pearl Harbor. This research will be presented in a poster format, which will identify key differences and similarities in the historic recalling of the attack from the perspectives of both American and Japanese students.