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Media and Memory

Joanne Garde-Hansen

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2011), vii, 174 pp.

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Gedächtnis und Erinnerung: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch

Christian Gudehus, Ariane Eichenberg, Harald Welzer (eds.)

Stuttgart; Weimar: Metzler (2010), ix, 364 pp.

"Die gesamte Bandbreite der Gedächtnisforschung. Ausgehend von den neurologischen und psychologischen Grundlagen betrachtet das Handbuch die vielfältigen Formen des Gedächtnisses darunter das autobiografische, das kollektive, das kommunikative und das soziale Gedächtnis. Einen weiteren Schwerpun ... more

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Memory in a Global Age: Discourses, Practices and Trajectories

Aleida Assmann, Sebastian Conrad (eds.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xiii, 252 pp.

"A significant contribution to memory studies and part of an emergent strand of work on global memory. This book offers important insights on topics relating to memory, globalization, international politics, international relations, Holocaust studies and media and communication studies." (Publisher ... more

Memory and the Future: Transnational Politics, Ethics and Society

Yifat Gutman, Adam D. Brown, Amy Sodaro (eds.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xi, 217 pp.

"For those who study memory, there is a nagging concern that memory studies are inherently backward-looking, and that memory itself hinders efforts to move forward. Unhinging memory from the past, this book brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars who bring the future into th ... more

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Right to Memory

Media Development, volume 57, issue 2 (2010), pp. 3-59

Das Jahrhundert der Bilder. Band I: 1900 bis 1949

Gerhard Paul (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2009), 822 pp.

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La vida cotidiana: El lugar de la memoria colectiva

Jairo Rodríguez Leuro

Bogotá: Ministerio de Cultura (2009), 34 pp.

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Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication

Frosh, Amit Pinchevski (eds.)

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), 242 pp.

"From the Holocaust to 9/11, modern communications systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of distant and horrifying events, experienced by strangers, and brought to us through media technologies. In this book leading scholars explore key questions concerning the truth status and broader impl ... more

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Genocide: Truth, Memory, and Representation

Alexander Laban Hinton, Kevin Lewis O'Neill (eds.)

Durham: Duke University Press (2009), 349 pp.

"What happens to people and the societies in which they live after genocide? How are the devastating events remembered on the individual and collective levels, and how do these memories intersect and diverge as the rulers of postgenocidal states attempt to produce a monolithic "truth" about the past ... more

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Community Archives: The Shaping of Memory

Jeannette Allis Bastian, Ben F. Alexander (eds.)

London: Facet (2009), xxiv, 286 pp.

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Applied Theatre: International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice

Monica Prendergast, Juliana Saxton (eds.)

Bristol: intellect (2009), vii, 224 pp.

"Applied Theatre is the first collection to assist practitioners and students in developing critical frameworks for their own community-based theatrical projects. The editors draw on thirty case studies in applied theatre from fifteen countries—covering a wide range of applications from theatre, e ... more

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Das Jahrhundert der Bilder. Band: II: 1949 bis heute

Gerhard Paul (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2008), 798 pp.

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Oral history and public memories

Paula Hamilton, Linda Shopes (eds.)

Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press (2008), xvii, 302 pp.

"Oral history is inherently about memory, and when oral history interviews are used "in public," they invariably both reflect and shape public memories of the past. Oral History and Public Memories is the only book that explores this relationship, in fourteen case studies of oral history's use in a ... more

Sin rastro, imágenes para construir memoria

Bogotá: Fundación Dos Mundos;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2008), 125 pp.

"Este libro es una selección de imágenes del Concurso Nacional de Fotografía sobre Desaparición Forzada 'Sin Rastro." (Página 1)

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Cultural Memory Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Handbook

Astrid Erll, Sara B. Young (eds.)

Berlin; New York: De Gruyter (2008), viii, 441 pp.

"This handbook represents the interdisciplinary and international field of “cultural memory studies” for the first time in one volume. Articles by renowned international scholars offer readers a unique overview of the key concepts of cultural memory studies. The handbook not only documents curre ... more

Reclaiming Heritage: Alternative Imaginaries of Memory in West Africa

Ferdinand de Jong, Michael Rowlands (eds.)

Walnut Creek, Calif.: Left Coast Press (2007), 270 pp.

"Struggles over the meaning of the past are common in postcolonial states. State cultural heritage programs build monuments to reinforce in nation building efforts—often supported by international organizations and tourist dollars. These efforts often ignore the other, often more troubling memorie ... more

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Community Performance: An Introduction

Petra Kuppers

London; New York: Routledge (2007), xii, 238 pp.

"Offering a toolkit for students interested in running community arts groups, this book includes: international case studies and first-person stories by practitioners and participants; sample exercises, both practical and reflective; study questions; excerpts of illustrative material from theorists ... more