Residents of Gifford Park have used memories of the past—characterizing this place as violent—to celebrate their present place and identity. Whereas memory scholars have highlighted how people remember the past in nostalgic, idealized ways to cope with an uncertain present and future, this case study illustrates how remembering the past as especially dangerous grounds material changes for an idealized present and can assuage guilty feelings for a potentially-gentrified future. Additionally, I show how long-term field work can reveal slowly unfolding patterns of material rhetoric that shape the identity of community members and impact the narratives that they construct.

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漫长的回忆：修辞作为记忆的证据和潜在的未来

吉福德公园（Gifford Park）居民利用过去的记忆-将这个地方描述为暴力-庆祝他们现在的地方和身份。记忆学者强调了人们如何以怀旧，理想化的方式记住过去，以应对不确定的现在和未来，而本案例研究则说明了如何记住过去，将其作为理想化现实的特别危险的物质变化，并可以缓解潜在的内lt感。高档化的未来。此外，我展示了长期的现场工作如何能够揭示物质修辞的缓慢发展模式，这些模式塑造了社区成员的身份并影响了他们的叙述。