Rashomon effect
The Rashomon effect or Rashomon principle is an idea about how the human mind works and in the study of how we can know whether something is real. The Rashomon effect is when people see the same thing happen but when they talk about it later, their stories and memories are not the same.[1][2][3] People have seen the Rashomon effect in art, science, medicine, and real-life crime.[4]
Name
The Rashomon effect is named after the 1950 movie Rashomon. In that movie, four different people tell four different stories about a murder.[2][5][6] This movie was based on the combination of events described in two short stories ('Rashomon' and 'In a Grove' written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. The word 'Rashomon' refers to a gate in ancient Kyoto city.
Valerie Alia decided to call the real-life effect the Rashomon effect.[7]
In popular culture
Many works of fiction have used the Rashomon effect, for example movies:
- Courage Under Fire
- Reservoir Dogs
- Hero (2002 movie)
- Elephant
- Gone Girl
- Vantage Point
- The Usual Suspects
Many television shows have episodes that use the Rashomon effect, for example:
- "The Incident" from Fame
- "A Matter of Perspective" from Star Trek: The Next Generation
- "The Ugly Truth" from Farscape
Related pages
References
- ↑ Wendy D. Roth. The Rashomon Effect: Combining Positivist and Interpretivist Approaches in the Analysis of Contested Events (Abstract). Sociological Methods & Research 31 (2) (November 1, 2002). p. 131–173. doi:10.1177/0049124102031002002. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Patricia H. Werhane. The Rashomon Effect (reprint). Issues in Business Ethics 48 (April 18, 2019)Irwin/McGraw Hill. p. 189–97. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89797-4_19. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ↑ Michalis G. Nikolaidis. Same Redox Evidence But Different Physiological "Stories": The Rashomon Effect in Biology. BioEssays 40 (9) (2018). p. e1800041. doi:10.1002/bies.201800041.
- ↑ Bruce Reider. The Rashomon Effect. American Journal of Sports Medicine 40 (8) (August 6, 2012). p. 1719–1721. doi:10.1177/0363546512455787. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ↑ Mary V. Rorty. The Rashomon effect: organization ethics in health care. HEC Forum 16 (2) (2004). p. 75–94. doi:10.1023/b:hecf.0000037120.40045.05.
- ↑ Kyle DeGuzman. What is The Rashomon Effect — Definition, Examples in Film (January 3, 2021)Studio Binder. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ↑ Earl J. Ginter. Theories and Applications in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Relevance Across Cultures and Settings (March 22, 2018)SAGE Publications. p. 528. ISBN 9781483309453. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
