RT Journal Article
T1 Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach
A1 Castro Fernández, Belén María
A1 Jiménez Esquinas, Guadalupe
A1 Alves, Luís Alberto Marques
A1 López Facal, Ramón
K1 Education
K1 History
AB This paper presents the results of a research project carried out in Portomarín, a small town in Galicia (Spain), which was flooded as a result of the construction of a dam in 1963. A new town was built a short distance away, but a strong sense of rootlessness remains among the inhabitants of the town. To what extent does the population of Portomarín recognise its memory regarding the forced removal as heritage? What means can be employed to incorporate the historical process of the forced removal into its identity? How can heritage education contribute towards the population overcoming these feelings of rootlessness? The inhabitants’ conceptions of their forced removal were identified, and an educational activity was implemented in the town’s school regarding the process of the removal. The hypothesis is confirmed that a community that does not foster intergenerational dialogue about its past (which in this case was traumatic) and does not develop its own strategy to assist in explaining and understanding its local history does not construct a shared identity
PB Springer Nature
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24376
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24376
LA eng
NO Castro-Fernández, B., Jiménez-Esquinas, G., Alves, L.A.M. et al. Emotional conflict and trauma: the recovery of stolen memory using a mixed-methods approach. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 8, 1 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00684-8
NO This research has received funding from the Spanish Government’s National R&D&I: Teaching competences aimed to improve student’s learning (PGC2018-094491-B-C31) and co-funding from the ERDF of the EU
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026