Search Results - "Memory studies"

Conspiracy theories as part of history: The role of societal crisis situations by van Prooijen, Jan-Willem, Douglas, Karen M

“…In the present contribution, we examine the link between societal crisis situations and belief in conspiracy theories. Contrary to common assumptions, belief…”
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On agonistic memory by Bull, Anna Cento, Hansen, Hans Lauge

“…Building on Mouffe’s critique of cosmopolitanism, this article argues that a cosmopolitan mode of remembering, far from having superseded the antagonistic mode…”
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Remembering Hope: Transnational activism beyond the traumatic by Rigney, Ann

“…This article argues for the need for memory studies to go beyond its present focus on traumatic memories and to develop analytical tools for capturing the…”
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Afterword: Memory worlds in times of Corona by Erll, Astrid

“…This afterword addresses the complex temporal and global dynamics of the coronavirus pandemic. After considering some of the new social rhythms that have…”
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Challenging the meaning of the past from below: A typology for comparative research on memory activists by Gutman, Yifat, Wüstenberg, Jenny

“…Memory activists have recently received more scholarly and public attention, but the concept lacks conceptual clarity. In this article, we articulate an…”
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Remembering the past and imagining the future: Identifying and enhancing the contribution of episodic memory by Schacter, Daniel L, Madore, Kevin P

“…Recent studies have shown that imagining or simulating future events relies on many of the same cognitive and neural processes as remembering past events…”
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Historical framing of the Ukraine Crisis through the Great Patriotic War: Performativity, cultural consciousness and shared remembering by McGlynn, Jade

“…Remembering in Russia is increasingly performative and actualised, as shown by the Russian government and media’s conflation of the Ukraine Crisis with the…”
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The rise of illiberal memory by Rosenfeld, Gavriel D

“…The essay seeks to explain how and why rightwing populists in Europe, North America, and beyond have developed an “illiberal” politics of memory in opposition…”
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The unanchored past: Three modes of collective memory by O’Connor, Paul

“…All forms of collective memory embody attempts at meaning-making - efforts to integrate experience and provide a coherent foundation for individual and…”
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Content analysis of living historical memory around the world: Terrorization of the Anglosphere, and national foundations of hope in developing societies by Choi, Sarah Y, Liu, James H, Mari, Silvia, Garber, Ilya E

“…Recently, researchers have endeavored to extend cultural perspectives of collective remembering by examining communicative or living historical memory…”
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Remaking memory and the agency of the aesthetic by Rigney, Ann

“…This article examines the role of the creative arts in renegotiating the border between memorable and unmemorable lives. It does so with specific reference to…”
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Lived multidirectionality: “Historikerstreit 2.0” and the politics of Holocaust memory by Rothberg, Michael

“…This essay assesses the acrimonious debates about Holocaust memory that took place in Germany in 2020–2021 and that have come to be known as Historikerstreit…”
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Born digital: The Black lives matter movement and memory after the digital turn by Liebermann, Yvonne

“…The dominance of traditional, institutionalized archives and memory platforms has been more and more challenged by the emergence of digital networks and…”
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Collective memory and social media: Fostering a new historical consciousness in the digital age? by Birkner, Thomas, Donk, André

“…The impact of social media has grown significantly during the past decade in several fields of our society. This article advocates the research subfield of…”
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Resistant pasts versus mnemonic hegemony: On the power relations of collective memory by Molden, Berthold

“…The politics of history and memory in any society are determined by the relations of forces between hegemonic master narratives, defiant counter-memories, and…”
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Environmental commemoration: Guiding principles and real-world cases by Mihai, Mihaela, Thaler, Mathias

“…Addressing the political implications of the ever-accumulating destruction of ecosystems and more-than-human life, this paper asks whether and in what ways…”
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Collective future thought: Concept, function, and implications for collective memory studies by Szpunar, Piotr M, Szpunar, Karl K

“…This article introduces and develops the concept of “collective future thought” and its implications for the interdisciplinary field of (collective) memory…”
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Legacies of a martial race: Sikh investment and implication in the US police state by Kaur, Harleen

“…British colonization in India had devastating social, psychological, and political consequences for Sikhs in nineteenth-century Punjab. Still, much of the…”
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‘I can’t remember how many I killed. . .’: Child soldiers and memory work in YouTube by Bräuchler, Birgit

“…The way conflicts are remembered is crucial for the prevention of future violence, and digital technologies play increasing roles in processes of remembering…”
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American origins: Political and religious divides in US collective memory by Yamashiro, Jeremy K, Van Engen, Abram, Roediger, Henry L

“…Origin stories are particularly influential collective memories, establishing a society in the minds of its members. National collective memories are…”
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