Verkkoin telling stories, mary jo maynes, jennifer l. Verkkothis paper draws attention to the contributions of memory sites to social memory and urban identity, and then points out the effects of designing. Verkkothis article addresses how online death announcements (odas) (where bereaved people use social media platforms to share news of a loved one’s. Verkkohistorical narratives spark conflicting and troubling collective memories, but if carefully confronted, they open the possibility of learning about and. Verkkowe analyzed 52 suicide loss obituaries retrieved from legacy. com, an online obituary aggregator, to determine how they differ from what we know about. Verkkohistorical narratives influence how people see the world and their place in it and the behaviors needed to guide them safely and successfully through. Verkkothis chapter will first examine how historical narratives shape identities and then delve into sources of memory transmission as well as mediators of.