Nathaniel Vincent Mohatt et al. : Historical Trauma as Public Narrative: A Conceptual Review of how History Impacts Present-day Health
Theories of historical trauma integrated to explain how public narratives linking past traumas to current health disparities.
Britt & Hammett: Trauma as Cultural Capital – A Critical Feminist Theory of Trauma Discourse
Critique of how trauma discourse, developed by feminists, can be co-opted as cultural capital to reinforce existing hierarchies.
Neil J. Smelser: Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma
This chapter explores psychological trauma to understand and provide insights into cultural trauma.
Cotter & Callery: A Process Oriented Psychology (POP) Approach to Processing Collective Trauma in an Irish Context
This article blends process-oriented psychology and Irish storytelling to address and heal collective trauma and its impact on Irish identity.
María Luiza Siqueira Batista: Can Representation of Individual Trauma Mobilize Collective Memory and Cultural Trauma?
How Chile’s arpilleristas used cultural artifacts to represent trauma and to what extend they shaped collective memory.
Tetiana Reva: Cultural Trauma in Piotr Sztompka’s Conception of Social Changes
Cultural trauma through P. Sztompka’s theory of social change, and effects on identity and social dynamics.
Anthony Collins: Culture, Narrative and Collective Trauma
Collective traumas are symbolic reconstructions of suffering and events, shaped by cultural narratives rather than empirical accuracy.
Adam B. Lerner: From the Ashes of History – Collective Trauma and the Making of International Politics
Exploration of how elite narratives of collective trauma shape identities and influence international politics.
Gad Yair: Cultural trauma and constitution: Precursors of political traditions and collective identities
This paper shows how national constitutions embed collective traumas, shaping political identities and destinies.
Vivekananda & Christommy: Understanding the Cultural Trauma behind Identity Creating a Third Space in the Middle of Polarity
Case Study of how narratives of cultural trauma shaped identity politics in Indonesia’s 2024 election and explores coping strategies.