Memory, Media and <i>Menschen</i>: Where is the individual in collective memory                 studies?

Kansteiner, Wulf

doi:10.1177/1750698009348276

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“…The model also locates the role of the individual within the collective (see Kansteiner, 2010) and draws attention to the varying dynamics at each level, i.e., the dynamic nature of social memory existing at the level of the individual and the relatively static nature of collective memory existing at a cultural level. Furthermore, because the model is rooted at the level of the individual, it naturally accommodates the notion of personal agency, the idiosyncratic nature of memory, emotion and reality—the freedom to know or not know, to care or not care— within a world of cultural forces.…”

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confidence: 99%

History, culture and cognition: Towards a dynamic model of social memory

Hewer

Roberts

2012

Culture & Psychology

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The term social memory refers to the dynamic interplay between history, culture and cognition. At the level of the individual, three sources of knowledge: history, collective memory and individual experience combine to create a subjective view of historical reality, a common sense narrative that is often expressed with identity objectives and within an autobiographical context. This model of social memory, which is informed by social representations theory, makes a distinction between (i) collective memory, which is resistant to change, and (ii) representations of the past discussed and disseminated within a social milieu, which have the potential to evolve into new or altered perspectives, particularly when they are vulnerable to generational shift.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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History, culture and cognition: Towards a dynamic model of social memory

Hewer

Roberts

2012

Culture & Psychology

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“…The tension between we and I is a reciprocal theme addressed in studies on social remembering (see e.g. Haaken, 1998; Kansteiner, 2010; Olick, 1999). Neither a strict division (this is my memory and that is ours ), nor an opposition (personal versus social memory) can help us to answer the question of why remembering becomes so important later in life and what happens to the perfect past when it is spoken about in the present time.…”

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Remembering (in) the past perfect: Ethical shifts in times

Bendien

2012

Memory Studies

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The traditional approach towards the research on remembering at a later age has therapeutic connotations. It is usually associated with treatment techniques against depression or dementia. Within the context of social remembering studies, the role of eyewitnesses of the past is routinely assigned to the older generation. Within those research frameworks recollections are often treated as a ready-made means that can help older people to address their current problems. We shall argue that the essential value of remembering at a later age overrides such clinical applications and consists not in reviving the past as it ‘really happened’, but in re-evaluating it. In order to demonstrate this we shall draw on everyday remembering, purposely setting aside any structured form of reminiscing. The analysis will elucidate ethical shifts in attitudes towards the past and contribute to the discussion about the authenticity of memories.

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“…Since the change of a national narrative and hence the construction of a collective memory, which constitutes the final step of transitional justice, is not an event per se but rather a long process, the aim of the research is to pay attention to how words are used and new perspectives given to present a nuanced reality, including the victims' perspective, which is shared among transnational media wires. The circumstances under which media influence individual perception of the past are beyond the scope of this article (on that subject, see Kansteiner, 2010;Kliger-Vilenchik et al, 2014). This research seeks to understand how national and international press agencies' journalism practices adapt a national narrative according to the updated historical truth provided by emerging historical research and if and how this updated narrative circulates and overshadows the previous one over the following decade.…”

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confidence: 99%