LibraryScenariosHow to share memories of erased places
Scenario

How to share memories of erased places

My daughter asked me why I never talk about where I'm from and I realized I don't know how to explain a childhood that happened in a place that's been erased.

Mira
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The absence of physical referents makes personal history feel unreliable and untransmittable.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief for lost homeland — diaspora mourning?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.