Some of the processes that lead to the development of highly selective collective memories are deliberate distortions and deceptions. In my work I discuss the mechanisms that lead to the formation of these deeply misleading (because they result from biased selections) collective memories and analyse their ethical and epistemic consequences. Either way, they are depicted as a problem. Those memories which portray them tend to focus on (male) Black British people as either victims of crime (e.g.

These memories mostly fail to represent Black Britons at all. They may include portrayals of heroism during wars, narratives of colonial invasions presented as adventurous expeditions, warm beer, green lawns, and the sound of leather on willow. In the UK these memories are often representations of white, male Britain. These are enduring memories (including of events that current members of society have not directly witnessed) which are constitutive parts of a group’s identity (Hirst and Manier 2008). Collective amnesia happens when collective memories are shaped by processes that strongly promote ignorance. More recently I have written and given talks about a special form of ignorance, that I have labelled ‘collective amnesia’, which is responsible for a pernicious kind of epistemic injustice. I have also given talks on the epistemology of implicit bias. A pre-proofs draft is already available here. I have written a paper on intellectual arrogance which I shall deliver at the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association in July. These include: vices, bias and ignorance. Instead, I want to develop accounts of those things whose epistemic status is negative. Epistemologists, unlike psychologists, have in the past focused on notions such as knowledge, truth, justification, belief or virtue that have positive epistemic status. Thanks to Ema for inviting me to contribute this snapshot of my current research for the readers of the blog. In this post she summarises some of her recent work on collective amnesia and epistemic injustice. Alessandra is a Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University working on epistemology and philosophy of language. It changed the world forever.This post is by Alessandra Tanesini. 'There was a plaque in Colorado and maybe something small in Australia, and that was it.

'When I looked for memorials to the flu, I found nothing,' Brian Zecchinelli, whose grandfather died in the pandemic, told NYT. It also helps explain why few memorials for the Spanish flu pandemic exist. Some scholars argue this 'mass amnesia' can, in part, explain why the world was so unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there has been a 'near total disappearance' of the pandemic in 'society's collective memory,' according to NYT. In the U.S., about 675,000 people died - more than all of the century's U.S.

The 1918 flu pandemic sickened about 500 million people, or about one-third of the world's population at the time, according to the CDC. The Spanish flu upended the world in the early 20th century, yet the pandemic was largely absent from public discourse, literature, art or research in the coming decades, according to The New York Times. 50 community hospital cfos to know | 2022.83 community hospital ceros to know | 2022.250 healthcare revenue cycle management companies to know | 2022.50 chief digital officer innovators to know | 2022.75 black healthcare leaders to know| 2022.150 top places to work in healthcare | 2022.Past Issues - Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control.Current Issue - Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control.Becker's Cardiology + Heart Surgery Podcast.Becker's Ambulatory Surgery Centers Podcast.Becker’s Digital Health + Health IT Podcast.Women's + Diversity Leadership Virtual Forum.Clinical Leadership + Pharmacy Virtual Event.Patient Experience + Marketing Virtual Forum.Becker's Health IT + Digital Health + RCM.Clinical Leadership & Infection Control.

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