Memory | Materiality | Sensuality

Freeman, Lindsey A.; Nienass, Benjamin; Daniell, Rachel

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“…The impact of digital media on historical and, more generally, social memory is a new problem, which has not been studied thoroughly. The key work in this field is the monograph "Silence, Screen, and Spectacle: Rethinking Social Memory in the Age of Information and New Media", edited by L. Freeman, B. Nenas and R. Daniel in 2014 [8]. The authors note that new social media change the way the present and the past are perceived, analysing the past via the metaphors of "silence", "screen", and "performance".…”

Section: Memory Studies and The Mediatization Of Memorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Media memory in the digital world

2019

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The article analyses how historical memory is being formed in the modern digital realm. The authors show the emergence of a new form of historical memory, characteristic of the digital era, which we call "media memory". Using the methodology historical epistemology, media philosophy and memory studies, the authors demonstrate the change in production and replication of knowledge about the past due to the spread of digital media. The distinctive features of "media memory" are: massive non-professional production of historical content, democratic character, speed, subjectivity and emotional intensity. These features are associated with the combination of prosuming and crowdsourcing, which increase the activity of history lovers and non-professional volunteers in social media. Considering the largest historical digital projects, which have brought together the efforts of millions of history lovers, the article comes to the conclusion that academic historians are losing the monopoly on the production of historical knowledge, while the latter is being turned into digital form, with the widespread participation of ordinary people in the production of such content.

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Section: Memory Studies and The Mediatization Of Memorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Media memory in the digital world

2019

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“…Vinegar use during pandemic may infuse cultural and collective categories of healing with embodied senses as the fumes permeate shared spaces as an additional layer to the pungent liquid consumed by individuals. Beyond the sensorial and material aspects of food that may invoke memories, I am also guided by memory studies scholars who contend that “remembering is more than recounting involuntary memories triggered by chance encounters with the material world” (Freeman et al., 2016: 6) or as repositories for recollection. Building upon Sutton’s notion of “prospective memory” (2001), which suggests that processes of memory work in the present may facilitate future food events and experiences, Abarca and Colby assert that food memory itself may be a sense such that “memories are reflections of time” (2016: 2).…”

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Making memories: Chinese foodscapes, medicinal foods, and generational eating

Chen

2020

Memory Studies

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The availability and abundance of foods in 21st century China have dramatically expanded over the past three decades. Despite the proximity of memories of food insecurity—the intergenerational preparation and sharing of meals continue to mark social identity and belonging. This article explores how contemporary Chinese foodways and medicinal recipes connect with past times as well as convey cultural memory. Two case studies will animate this analysis. The first part of the article will examine the Cuisine Museum in Hangzhou where past coexists with present and future as attendees view displays of specific dishes and grand tables followed by consuming sumptuous meals recreated at the adjoining restaurant. The second half will explore the realms of medicinal foods and recipes that reflect longstanding notions of health that are being promoted in contemporary China. Altogether, these arenas suggest that foodscapes, particularly medicinal foods, offer key assemblages of food memory, time, and wellbeing.

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“…These are ephemeral and carnivalesque mnemonic assemblages, including spontaneous photography exhibitions, unprepared demonstrations, or murals arranged around Santiago, that connect past and present events and represent new forms of remembering through which young people find familiar and effective ways to be part of the public sphere. Instead of mnemonic narratives, I use the notion of mnemonic assemblages (Freeman, Nienass, and Daniell ) to stress the multidimensionality of forms when reflecting on, transmitting, and acting in connection to the past, which solidify not only in textual narratives but also in images and concrete objects. These urban assemblages have expanded the boundaries of the public memory, a set of narratives, symbols, and practices to talk or think about the past that are enabled, and triggered by a sociocultural context (Halbwachs ), appropriating different areas of the city and highlighting the current effects of the socioeconomic transformations carried out by the military dictatorship.…”

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Ephemeral and Ludic Strategies of Remembering in the Streets: A Springboard for Public Memory in Chile

Rajevic

2019

Sociological Forum

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This article examines a profound turn in the commemoration and representations of the dictatorial past in Chile (1973–1990), where young people who did not experience firsthand the authoritarian order are publicly creating fleeting images, practices, and objects to remember the military dictatorship. These are urban ephemeral and ludic mnemonic assemblages (Freeman, Nienass, and Daniell 2015) that connect past and present events and demand new ways of talking, acting, and thinking about the past, thereby appropriating the public space. The participants in these actions stress the original, carnivalesque, and public dimensions of their practices, challenging the official politics of memory that has focused on the recognition of victims within the walls of museums or memorials. The following question guides this article: How do new public, ludic, and ephemeral strategies interact with and potentially change official ways of narrating the past? How do they create the space for political participation in postconflict societies? Drawing upon a qualitative and multimethod study that combines 60 in‐depth interviews, participant observations, and archival work, I maintain that, although this blossoming of the Chilean public memory has opened up new territories for activating memory, it has a transient temporality and, consequently, may have transitory political potential.

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Memory | Materiality | Sensuality

Cited by 31 publications

References 31 publications

Media memory in the digital world

Media memory in the digital world

Making memories: Chinese foodscapes, medicinal foods, and generational eating

Ephemeral and Ludic Strategies of Remembering in the Streets: A Springboard for Public Memory in Chile

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