30 Aug 2015

How soon is too soon for commemorating traumatic events?

From Sunday Morning, 8:42 am on 30 August 2015

How soon is too soon for commemorating traumatic events such as terrorist attacks, wars and natural disasters?

Professor Kendall Philips, from Syracuse University in the US, is in New Zealand for the Triggering Memory symposium at Massey University. He talks with Wallace Chapman about how we construct and hold sacred public memories of tragic events.

The Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch

The Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski