"Nichts scheint ferner zu liegen, als während einer Pandemie über Gedächtnis nachzudenken. Wir stecken noch mittendrin. Aber das gesellschaftliche Erinnern und Vergessen von Pandemien hat die Erfahrung von Covid-19 stark vorgeprägt. Praktiken des historischen Erinnerns, des Archivierens und Gede
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nkens haben sich als wichtige Ressourcen inmitten der Coronavirus-Pandemie erwiesen. Und als erinnerter Gegenstand schließlich wird Covid-19 auch die Zukunft unserer Gesellschaft mitprägen. Deshalb diskutiere ich in diesem Beitrag die Rolle des kollektiven Gedächtnisses vor, während und nach der Coronavirus-Pandemie." (Einleitung)
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"Gedächtnis' und ‚Erinnerung' sind Leitthemen in der Wissenschaft und im gesellschaftlich-politischen Diskurs. - Dieser Band bündelt die verschiedenen Theorien, Terminologien und Methoden aus der Forschung zum individuellen und kollektiven Gedächtnis und geht insbesondere den folgenden Fragen n
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ach: Wie unterscheidet sich der Gedächtnisbegriff in Geschichts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Literaturwissenschaft und Psychologie? Auf welche Weise kann die gedächtnisbildende Wirkung von Literatur und anderen Medien beschrieben und analysiert werden? (Publisher description)
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"How do memories circulate transnationally and to what effect? How to understand the enduring role of national memories and their simultaneous reconfiguration under globalization? Challenging the methodological nationalism that has until recently dominated the study of memory and heritage, this book
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charts the rich production of memory across and beyond national borders. Arguing for the fruitfulness of a transnational as distinct from a global approach, it places the issues of circulation, articulation and the scales of remembrance at the centre of its inquiry. In the process, it sheds new light on the ways in which mediation, post-coloniality, migration and regional integration affect both the way we remember and the role of memory in contemporary societies. In this interdisciplinary collection, humanities and social science scholars examine a rich sample of cases from the nineteenth century on, stretching across the globe from Vietnam to Europe and the Middle East, to the USA and the Pacific, and involving a wide range of cultural practices from quilting to films, from photography to heritage sites and monuments. In the process, the volume develops a new theoretical framework while proposing new methodological tools and resources for studying collective remembrance beyond the nation-state." (Publisher description)
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"This book questions the sociocultural dimensions of remembering. It offers an overview of the history and theory of memory studies through the lens of sociology, political science, anthropology, psychology, literature, art and media studies; documenting current international and interdisciplinary m
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emory research in an unprecedented way." (Publisher description)
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"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
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nt research in an unprecedented way; it also serves as a forum for bringing together approaches from areas as varied as sociology, political sciences, history, theology, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, psychology, and neurosciences. “Cultural memory studies” – as defined in this handbook – came into being at the beginning of the 20th century, with the works of Maurice Halbwachs on mémoire collective. In the course of the last two decades this area of research has witnessed a veritable boom in various countries and disciplines. As a consequence, the study of the relation of “culture” and “memory” has diversified into a wide range of approaches. This handbook is based on a broad understanding of “cultural memory” as the interplay of present and past in sociocultural contexts. It presents concepts for the study of individual remembering in a social context, group and family memory, national memory, the various media of memory, and finally the host of emerging transnational lieux de mémoire such as 9/11." (Publisher description)
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