Collective memory as tool for intergroup conflict: The case of 9/11 commemoration
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Hakim, Nader H.
Adams, Glenn
Abstract / Description
We apply a cultural psychology approach to collective memory of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In particular, we considered whether practices associated with commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks would promote vigilance (prospective affordance hypothesis) and misattribution of responsibility for the original 9/11 attacks (reconstructive memory hypothesis) in an ostensibly unrelated context of intergroup conflict during September 2015. In Study 1, vigilance toward Iran and misattribution of responsibility for the 9/11 attacks to Iranian sources was greater among participants whom we asked about engagement with 9/11 commemoration than among participants whom we asked about engagement with Labor Day observations. Results of Study 2 suggested that patterns of greater vigilance and misattribution as a function of instructions to recall engagement with 9/11 commemoration were more specifically true only of participants who reported actual engagement with hegemonic commemoration practices. From a cultural psychological perspective, 9/11 commemoration is a case of collective memory not merely because it implicates collective-level (versus personal) identities, but instead because it emphasizes mediation of motivation and action via engagement with commemoration practices and other cultural tools.
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commemoration collective memory 9/11 cultural psychologyPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-01-31
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
5
Issue
2
Page numbers
630–650
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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Hakim, N. H., & Adams, G. (2018). Collective memory as tool for intergroup conflict: The case of 9/11 commemoration. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5(2), 630–650. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i2.713
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Hakim, Nader H.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Adams, Glenn
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Date of first publication2018-01-31
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Abstract / DescriptionWe apply a cultural psychology approach to collective memory of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In particular, we considered whether practices associated with commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks would promote vigilance (prospective affordance hypothesis) and misattribution of responsibility for the original 9/11 attacks (reconstructive memory hypothesis) in an ostensibly unrelated context of intergroup conflict during September 2015. In Study 1, vigilance toward Iran and misattribution of responsibility for the 9/11 attacks to Iranian sources was greater among participants whom we asked about engagement with 9/11 commemoration than among participants whom we asked about engagement with Labor Day observations. Results of Study 2 suggested that patterns of greater vigilance and misattribution as a function of instructions to recall engagement with 9/11 commemoration were more specifically true only of participants who reported actual engagement with hegemonic commemoration practices. From a cultural psychological perspective, 9/11 commemoration is a case of collective memory not merely because it implicates collective-level (versus personal) identities, but instead because it emphasizes mediation of motivation and action via engagement with commemoration practices and other cultural tools.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationHakim, N. H., & Adams, G. (2018). Collective memory as tool for intergroup conflict: The case of 9/11 commemoration. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5(2), 630–650. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i2.713en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1444
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1779
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i2.713
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Keyword(s)commemorationen_US
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Keyword(s)collective memoryen_US
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Keyword(s)9/11en_US
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Keyword(s)cultural psychologyen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleCollective memory as tool for intergroup conflict: The case of 9/11 commemorationen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers630–650
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Volume5
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