Hi Amy- Paul Price here, editor of the Social Science Research Council and the website "After September 11," organized by the Council. Becky Lentz contacted us about the article you're doing on 9/11, memorialization and websites. While I can't claim any expertise on the subject, one of our essayists from the web project might well offer some valuable background perspective for you. Her name is Marita Sturken, and she is an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communications, University of Southern California. She has written a well praised book called Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering, and her essay for our Sept 11 website was on "Memorializing Absence." She can be reached at sturken@usc.edu . Her essay can be found at http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/essays/sturken.htm A revision of the essay has become the last chapter for our collection of writings called Understanding September 11, published by The New Press. I think you'll find it useful in thinking about the broad issues of memory and 9/11, and I'm sure she would be an interesting interview. Regards, Paul Paul M. Price Editor, Social Science Research Council 810 Seventh Ave. NYC, NY 10019 tel. 212 377 2700 ext.637 fax. 212 377 2727 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org Harmon Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:49 AM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] question from a reporter Greetings, I'm a reporter for the New York Times. For a Sept. 11 anniversary issue that we are publishing, I'm writing about the use of the Internet in the aftermath of the attacks, and particularly about the memorialization that seems to be continuing on the Web a full year later. If anyone on the list has studied the implications of the Web's role in the grieving/memorialization process for 9/11 and is willing to be interviewed, please email me at amy@nytimes.com and let me know how to reach you. thanks, Amy ------------------------------- Amy Harmon Technology Reporter New York Times (212) 556-1505 amy@nytimes.com