Subthemes

In the spirit of inquiry, the College Liaisons Committee has compiled a list of sample questions designed to reflect the scope of the conference theme and stimulate interest and participation.

Memory
How does memory function as a neurological or psychological phenomenon?
How does the capacity for memory develop in early childhood?
What are the connections between memory, place, and identity?
How does cultural memory shape our national identity?
What role does memory play in learning/education?
How has the “information age” changed our concept and metaphors of memory?
How does human spatial memory function?
How is memory/history socially constructed?
What role do memorials and commemorations play in the construction of memory/history?
How do power structures, ideologies, social status influence memory/history?
How do we remember Coastal Carolina College?
How do we preserve/commemorate Coastal’s past?

Place
How do we define place?
What physical, environmental, social, cultural factors distinguish place?
How do we map place, whether physically or more abstractly?
What does place mean in an age of electronic telecommunications?
What is the relationship between place and power, e.g. economically?
What is the significance of geographic location in a “global village”?
How do we relate to the places we call home, e.g. families, hometowns, regions, states, countries, our planet, the universe?
How does your perspective—where you are standing, where you come from,your place in society, the world—affect your sense of place?
How does our ability to shape, transform destroy our environments affect our sense of place?
What is our place in time, in history, and where are we headed?
Can we talk meaningfully about place without reference to time?
How does exploration affect our environment/sense of the environment?
What kind of place is CCU? How has that place been shaped, redefined, modified?

Identity
How is our social and cultural identity formed?
How does education shape our identity?
How early do we form our identities?
What role does national identity play in an age of globalism?
Is cultural imperialism erasing the identities of ethnic groups?
Can changing one’s body change one’s identity?
How do we guard against the use of technology to steal people’s identity?
What impact will genetic engineering have on identity?
Do marketers manipulate our identities as consumers? How do our identities influence marketers?
How do the media influence our identities?
What is the role of place in identity formation?
How does identity shape our view of past events?
How do others function in shaping our memories, giving them meaning?
How has CCU’s identity evolved? What is it?