Lecture Notes: "The Body Keeps the Score" and Internet Archive Overview

Overview of Internet Archive

• Internet Archive is a digital library that offers free access to a vast collection of digital content:
  • Texts, Videos, Audio, Software, and Images.
  • Offers a platform for free downloading, borrowing, and streaming.
  • Hosts the Wayback Machine for web page archival.

Features of the Internet Archive

• Audio Collections:
  • Live Music Archive, Librivox Free Audio.
  • Categories include Grateful Dead, Netlabels, Old Time Radio, Audio Books & Poetry, etc.
• Image Collections:
  • Metropolitan Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art.
  • Categories include NASA Images, Solar System Collection, USGS Maps, etc.
• Software Collections:
  • Includes Internet Arcade and Console Living Room.
  • Offers MS-DOS Games, Historical Software, Vintage Software, etc.
• Text Collections:
  • Open Library, American Libraries.
  • Categories like Smithsonian Libraries, Project Gutenberg, Children's Library.
• Video Collections:
  • TV News, Understanding 9/11.
  • Categories include Animation & Cartoons, Cultural & Academic Films, Sports Videos, etc.

Tools and Resources

• Mobile Apps: Available for iOS and Android for accessing Wayback Machine.
• Browser Extensions: Available for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.
• Subscription: Archive-It allows users to build and explore collections.
• Save Page Now feature for capturing and citing current web pages.

Book: "The Body Keeps the Score"

• Author: Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.
• Publisher: Viking
• Focus: Understanding and treating trauma by integrating neuroscience with clinical practice.

Key Concepts

• Impact of Trauma:
  • Trauma affects the development of brain, mind, and body awareness.
  • Chronic toxic experiences during early development cause significant psychological damage.
• Innovative Treatment Approaches:
  • Rewiring the brain to help traumatized individuals reengage with the present.
  • Focus on healing through new therapeutic methods.

Endorsements

• Ed Tronick: Highlights how the book provides insight and guidance for survivors and researchers.
• Ruth A. Lanius: Emphasizes the book's integration of clinical cases with groundbreaking studies.
• Daniel J. Siegel: Describes the book as a comprehensive guide for understanding trauma.
• Pat Ogden: Praises the book's groundbreaking insights into trauma treatment.
• Jack Kornfield: Comments on the book's intelligent and helpful approach to trauma healing.

Significance

• Offers a new understanding of trauma and its treatment.
• Challenges traditional views in psychiatry and psychotherapy.
• Provides hope and guidance for those affected by trauma.