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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Dear Colleagues,<br>
Shuting Li interviews Kate Eichhorn about her new book, The End of
Forgetting<br>
on the CaMP anthropology blog.<br>
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If you are interested, you can find the interview here:<br>
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href="https://campanthropology.org/2021/03/29/kate-eichhorn-the-end-of-forgetting/">https://campanthropology.org/2021/03/29/kate-eichhorn-the-end-of-forgetting/</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Ilana<br>
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Press blurb:<br>
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style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Thanks
to Facebook and Instagram, our childhoods have been captured
and preserved online, never to go away. But what happens when
we can’t leave our most embarrassing moments behind?</span></span></p>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Until recently, the
awkward moments of growing up could be forgotten. But today we may
be on the verge of losing the ability to leave our pasts behind.
In<span> </span><i style="font-style: italic;">The End of
Forgetting</i>,<span> </span><b style="font-weight: bold;">Kate
Eichhorn</b><span> </span>explores what happens when images of
our younger selves persist, often remaining just a click away.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size:
1.2em; line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Chronicle Text",
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">For today’s teenagers,
many of whom spend hours each day posting on social media
platforms, efforts to move beyond moments they regret face new and
seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Unlike a high school yearbook
or a shoebox full of old photos, the information that accumulates
on social media is here to stay. What was once fleeting is now
documented and tagged, always ready to surface and interrupt our
future lives. Moreover, new innovations such as automated facial
recognition also mean that the reappearance of our past is
increasingly out of our control.</p>
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1.2em; line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Chronicle Text",
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0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Historically, growing up
has been about moving on—achieving a safe distance from painful
events that typically mark childhood and adolescence. But what
happens when one remains tethered to the past? From the earliest
days of the internet, critics have been concerned that it would
endanger the innocence of childhood. The greater danger, Eichhorn
warns, may ultimately be what happens when young adults find they
are unable to distance themselves from their pasts. Rather than a
childhood cut short by a premature loss of innocence, the real
crisis of the digital age may be the specter of a childhood that
can never be forgotten.</p>
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