Die Euromed-MemoriaCarte

• Published in: Philosophia scientiae Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 141 - 155
• Main Author: Bernd Thum
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Éditions Kimé 07-07-2016
• ISSN: 1281-2463; 1775-4283
• DOI: 10.4000/philosophiascientiae.1187

The Euromed-MemoriaCarte, a project created in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Knowledge Space Foundation (Stiftung Wissensraum Europa-Mittelmeer e.V., WEM) is a virtual map of “Euro-Mediterranean” places of remembrance both in the Mediterranean region in the strictest sense and in its extensions in Europe and in Sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the map and indeed the WEM Foundation’s objectives are to contribute to the development of an “Euro-Mediterranean” consciousness through the exchange and integration of knowledge in a shared Euro-Mediterranean space. More specifically, the development of the map was intended to contribute to the simplification and greater legibility of the mass of complex information by using a coding system and symbols which refer to places of remembrance. These places are loaded with overlapping layers of knowledge of the cultures on both sides of the Mediterranean and through that knowledge the map displays both shared heritage and also the cultural dynamism of the Euro-Mediterranean area. These places are shown both geographically and topographically and therefore we may ask whether the map is really part of a “topographical turn” or rather “post-topographical turn” which once more geographical and historical facts takes into account. This theme is discussed at the end of the paper along with the concepts of space, place and remembrance.