Autobiographical Memory and Social Remembering: Research Comparison

This essay provides a comparative analysis of autobiographical memory research and the social remembering paradigm. It explores the theoretical underpinnings and research methodologies within each area, highlighting both similarities and differences. The essay delves into the reliability of autobiographical memories, the influence of social factors on memory construction, and the potential for false memories within social contexts. Key concepts such as the social contagion of memory and the importance of authenticity in autobiographical narratives are discussed. The analysis draws on various research articles and theories to provide a comprehensive understanding of how individuals and societies remember the past, emphasizing the need for critical evaluation of memory narratives and the ethical considerations involved in their construction and interpretation. Desklib offers a wealth of resources, including solved assignments and past papers, to aid students in their academic pursuits.

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TASK 2
Refugees are people which belong from some other part of the world but are living in a
different country for some reason. Thus, for the supporting these individuals some authorities
like International Rescue Committee and many other can communicate, there are certain ways in
which that can be suggested Mishori, Aleinikoff, & Davis (2017). It's been many centuries from
when the refugee movements have been very prominent. Due to reasons like religion and racial
intolerance refugees have travelled lots of places in the world and during different eras. Some
examples of their movement were noticed during the Korean war (1950-53), Cuban revolution
(1959) and also Chinese take over of Tibet (1959) The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica,
(2021). All of these resulted in the involuntary movement of refugees from places different
places. They have to leave every they owned to settle in a place which will be new to them.
Asylum seeker is a person who claims that they are refugee but their claim has not been
evaluated yet. Therefore, an Asylum seeker is not a resident until their request is pending.
Therefore, it can be said that every refugee is initially an asylum seeker, but not all refugees are
asylum seekers. These people are the ones which have to leave the place were they grew up. The
reasons behind that can be anything Esen & Oğuş Binatlı (2017). Depending on the situation,
some people leave their home for another place for the search of a job. Some are violated and
forced to leave their home country. Some do not feel safe due to which they decide on leaving. It
can be due to discrimination which can be of religion, sexuality and even political opinions. The
journey of these people are very harsh, and they face major issues like, the risk of human
trafficking, daily racism, xenophobia, discrimination and other forms of violation. Due to these
reasons they end up alone and isolated because of the lack of supporting networks, communities,
colleagues and relatives.
One of the most effective way in refugee supporting authorities can generate help for
these refugees is via online donation method. Through the help of online website's generation of
donation is going to be a very important factor Holzberg, Kolbe & Zaborowski (2018). These
funds generated can be helpful for providing help for the welfare of these people. Donation in the
monitory terms are sometimes not so easily available thus, these authorities can also think about
getting the donation of goods, which can be food, clothes and other necessary items Hathaway

(2018). During the pandemic many people and institutions donated health and safety kits to these
refugees which was a great example of good donation. Donating money and goods can be good
for the welfare of the refugees, however this will not change the bigger picture. In order to
provide help to these people it is important for the government to take a stand. For an
organization which is working for the welfare of these people it is important to spread awareness
about them. For spreading the awareness about their poor conditions social media can be utilized.
Currently social media is very effective for the getting the word to spread across the
country and even worldwide. It is very important for the welfare of the refugees that they are
provided with basic needs. These institutions may find the best solution to be volunteering the
more and more individuals who can participate in the welfare activities. Volunteering could be to
provide clothes, shelter, teaching the kids of the refugees. Every small possible help which an
individual volunteer can do can be considered as volunteering. These institutions can look for
volunteers at educational institutions, like schools and colleges. Students are very active and as
the part of their schooling they do take part in such activities. Campaigns can be formed in which
all those who are interested can take part for resolving the issues of the organization. This
campaign will be responsible for all the actions which can be taken to influence the society and
the government to make necessary changes. The work done by these volunteers can be posted on
social media which will help in the spread of awareness. For increasing the awareness a little
more the institutions can try share the stories of the refugees. Most stories of these refugees are
full of struggle and pain. This can be heart-warming experience for the readers due to which the
institutions may get a lot more donation either in the forms of money, goods or may be help. It
will also increase the volunteering in this particular campaign. These institutions can hire
refugees for some of their operation which they are capable of doing. This will help in
influencing the employees and also provide the sense of togetherness. Having a refugee in the
team will help the institution to understand other difficulties which they face.
The duty of the campaigns and organization which are in the support of these people is to
find legal and ethical ways of pressurizing governments to protect the rights of the every single
person. It is important to make sure that refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants are safe. It can be
done by spreading awareness about their sufferings Clemens, Huang & Graham (2018). Saving
refugees and asylum-seekers is going to be important for a government. Everyone in a country
wants to live in a place where people who are in such grave danger can at least get an

opportunity for rebuilding their lives. These issues are global thus, not taking responsibility on
these issues can be a global misconduct. Welcoming these people which belong from another
country will create the host nations stronger and increase the diversity and flexibility in the
country. Some refugees and asylum-seekers can be a great contribution to the art, science,
politics and technology, there are many examples in which the countries were these migrants
were welcomes thrived for the growth of the nation.
Autobiography states about the story of the entire journey and lifetime achievement of
any person and individual and further it are being constructed in the form of autobiography of a
person can easily share their memories Gilmore, L. (2018). It is one of the self reflected process
which involves the experiences and efforts of individual in the entire life time. And therefore the
use various Research and theories so that they can provide better information and knowledge to
the readers. Autobiography and memory states about facts and figure of individual’s life. So the
research presents various selections of research methods within this area.
There are various theories adopted to write various autobiography researches because it is the
responsibility of the researcher to produce all the necessary information’s which can bring
knowledge and experience to the reader Manzano, J.F., (2019). It is the responsibility of the
researcher that they must provide all the relevant information and Facts to the reader they should
not provide any kind of misleading information. Autobiography can be a type of primary
research because research writes all the things which they have felt and faced in the past. They
do not collect any information from the secondary sources or from the government institutions
and newspapers and did not use even internet.
As it is used primary research method it means the researcher has to collect information
from various sources and as they are writing their autobiography so they can collect their
experience and knowledge which they have received earlier and they can share this with their
users and readers easily. Autobiography theory consists two parts the first part is theory which is
a consideration of the entire autobiographical reliability. It also helps to investigate the uses of
memory so that they can provide all the detailed information to the readers. This theory also
states that must maintain and also states that writer must maintain the authenticity of the
information it should not provide such kind of information which is false and do not provide any
kind of knowledge and experience to the reader.

Apart from this right a must includes all the limitations and problems which has been
faced by them while writing the autobiography so this will bring motivation and also encourage
the readers that whenever it was elephant of obstacles and her that they do not lose their
confidence and they should focus on their end objective. The story focuses on the reliability and
emission of the information so that it can create a positive environment for the readers and the
get motivation to focus on their goal.
On the other hand social remembering paradigm states that sometimes writer provides false
memories so that they can get influence people and also they provide a process of wrong
information so this will generate wrong image among society and people who uses social media
Stekel, W. (2020). There are various influences available on various online websites whether it is
their own biography or they sometimes uses to write blogs about their personal experiences so
here The Reader should be very smart that they must judge the writers that whether they are
speaking Truth or they are spreading false information.
In this there is different Theory of social contagion of memory, which represents that
how people should use their social influence and social experiences in the autobiography. They
do not hide anything whenever they are writing autobiography because the basic objective of
autobiography is to provide each and every information which an individual has faced in their
past life and how they overcome such kind of the situation is also being mentioned in the
autobiography. So this theory focuses that whenever any person is about to write autobiography
then it is the responsibility of them that they must make sure to provide all the information to
their readers whether it is a bad experience or a good experience at least they should provide in
the autobiography.
If the individual share all has personal information and experiences with the time frame
their high acceptable by their users because I always want to know how difficult the situation
was for the writer and how they overcome so that whenever leader get such kind of
autobiography to read the always chooses that one and this will make the autobiography more
famous among readers. In short autobiography is the personal accounting of individual’s life and
it is usually written by the first person. Autobiography has been started by brainstorming where
people try to remember about their past experiences and behaviours then the craft and outline
and started researching more about themselves.

As autobiography is kind of a nonfiction story of a person’s life. So it is the opinion of that
person to see the things around them so it can sometimes create conflicts among the influences
because they do not agree with the perspective and point of view of the writer so it is the
responsibility of the writer that they must select those words and sentences is not had any
individual's feeling Rorty, R. (2019).. Autobiography is generally popular among public
everyone wants to read a newly released biography because they want to know what happened in
the life of individual. How to write the autobiography effectively write a uses various methods
and theories the try to map out their own life.
They try to conduct research on their life and also create timeline where something good
happened with them or something bad has happened and after that when they get accurate
information and brainstorming them get accurate information and brainstorming them write it
down. Always try to think that what happened when they were teenager and how they behave
when they were in college or when they get the first job everything has been mentioned under
their autobiography and that is why it is one of the popular because it inspired people to get
motivation. It is the responsibility of The Reader that you must take best from there
autobiography and it is also the responsibility of the writer that they put their best stories which
motivates other and bring some confidence in them.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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refugees formal labor market access. Center for Global Development Working
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Esen, O., & Oğuş Binatlı, A. (2017). The impact of Syrian refugees on the Turkish economy:
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Gilmore, L. (2018). The limits of autobiography. Cornell University Press.
Hathaway, J. C. (2018). The global cop-out on refugees. International Journal of Refugee
Law. 30(4). 591-604.
Holzberg, B., Kolbe, K., & Zaborowski, R. (2018). Figures of crisis: The delineation of (un)
deserving refugees in the German media. Sociology. 52(3). 534-550.
Manzano, J.F., 2019. Autobiography of a Slave (pp. 48-56). Duke University Press.
Mishori, R., Aleinikoff, S., & Davis, D. M. (2017). Primary care for refugees: challenges and
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Rorty, R. (2019). Intellectual autobiography. Archives de Philosophie, 82(3), 463-488.
Stekel, W. (2020). The Autobiography of Wilhelm Stekel-The Life Story of a Pioneer
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