Transgenerational Traumatic Memory: Jenin Camp Invasion in 2002 رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the methods used by the refugee community in Jenin camp to process and perpetuate the traumatic memory of Jenin camp invasion in 2002 event and to investigate the transmission of transgenerational memory among two Palestinian generations. The study was based on the case-study, qualitative design that takes into account the different aspects of the narrative data. The study sample was chosen on purpose, and by the snowball sampling method. The study sample included 12 Palestinian refugees living in Jenin camp. The sample is divided into two groups in order to preserve the traumatic memory between generations; The first group consists of six participating Palestinian refugees, aged between 40-60 years, who lived through the invasion of Jenin camp in 2002 and still remember the details of the massacre clearly. The second group consists of six other participants, Palestinian refugees in the age group 14-20 years, who remember few details about the events of the Jenin camp massacre in 2002, because they did not witness the events. The researcher relied mainly on the in-depth open interview, which is one of the best research techniques in social science studies, and it consisted of fifteen open questions. Many axes were extracted as a consequence of the interviews based on the two generations associated to psychological trauma and its related recollection of the events of the Jenin camp invasion in 2002 AD, and they may be classed as follows according to the two generations: Psychological consequences, the product of remembering the events, and the product of remembering the events are the axes of trauma memory for the first generation. The outcome of remembering the violence, the status of displacement and displacement, the state of social solidarity, and knowledge of memory landmarks and means to resurrect them. The second generation's memory axis were vi confined to remembering events, transmitting sentiments, and knowing landmarks in order to resurrect the memory. It appeared that there was a flaw in memory transfer across generations.