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Tragedy Remembered  –  and Forgotten: The Politics of Memory and Technology Brent K. Jesiek, Ph.D. School of Engineering Education Purdue University April 16, 2009
Jesiek, Brent K., and Jeremy Hunsinger. (2008). “The April 16 Archive: Collecting and Preserving Memories of the Virginia Tech Tragedy.” In Ben Agger and Timothy W. Luke (Eds.),  There is a Gunman on Campus: Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech  (185-206). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.  Jesiek, Brent K., and Jeremy Hunsinger. (Forthcoming). “Collecting and Preserving Memories From the Virginia Tech Tragedy: Realizing a Web Archive.” In Niels Brügger (Ed.),  Web Histories  (tentative title). Palgrave Macmillan.
http://www.alysiaducklergallery.com/images/photos/Spector_BorgesFunes.jpg Jorge Luis Borges http://www.slate.com/id/2159222/
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-04/ff_perfectmemory
http://www.wired.com/images/article/magazine/1704/ff_perfectmemory4_f.jpg
“ Human memory is a marvelous  but fallacious instrument.”  - Primo Levi
mnemotechnical adjective of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory; "mnemonic device" [syn: mnemonic]  WordNet, http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mnemotechnical
http://assets.hulu.com/shows/key_art_days_of_our_lives.jpg
http://bluegnu.livejournal.com/16802.html
(April 19, 2007) 32 stones like this - one for each of the deceased - are arranged in a semi-circle in front of the largest memorial, on the drillfield in front of Burruss Hall.
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=261
http://www.april16archive.org/
http://april16archive.org/contribute
http://www.april16archive.org/collections
http://www.april16archive.org/items/show/1395
http://www.april16archive.org/items/show/858
http://april16archive.org/items/show/124
http://omeka.org/
http://911digitalarchive.org/
Mike Fox, “In honor of Orange and Maroon Effect.”  The April 16 Archive , Item #95 http://april16archive.org/items/show/95
http://www.april16archive.org/items/show/357
Carlos Latuff, "Cho Seung Hui by Latuff2."  The April 16 Archive , Item #214 http://www.april16archive.org/items/show/214
“ Through this archive, we aim to leave a positive legacy for the larger community and contribute to a collective process of healing, especially as those affected by this tragedy tell their stories in their own words.” April 30, 2007 http://www.april16archive.org/news
http://www.archive-it.org/collections/694
http://wayback.archive-it.org/694/20080418011213/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/vatechshootings/ (Archived April 18, 2008)
http://www.april16archive.org/frontpages/
Front page of  Granada Hoy   newspaper (Spain) April 18, 2007
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“ The truth is that we all live  by leaving behind”  - Borges, in Funes the Memorious
Tragedy Remembered  –  and Forgotten: The Politics of Memory and Technology Brent K. Jesiek, Ph.D. School of Engineering Education Purdue University April 16, 2009

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