Cultural memory
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Synopsis
DEFINITION OF THE TERM: Cultural memory is a collective concept for all knowledge that directs behaviours and experience in the interactive framework of society and one that obtains through generations in repeated societal practice and initiation. It combines three key elements: memory, culture, and groups.
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TERM: The term ‘collective memory’ was defined for the first time in 1925 by Maurice Halbwachs. Jan Assmann began working on this concept at the end of the 1970s in order to complement Halbwachs’ considerations regarding cultural memory, while in his own reflections on the subject he focused on the traditions, transmissions, and transferences of memory.
DISCUSSION OF THE TERM: Contemporary studies on cultural memory emphasise the multidimensional aspect of this phenomenon. One of these aspects is the relationship between memory and politics. The discourse on historical events is sometimes manipulated to achieve particular political ends. It is worth remembering that instead of a single, coherent cultural memory on which national identity is built, we can also speak of other memories, which are the memories of relatively narrow groups who contest the main narrative of the past.
SYSTEMATIC REFLECTION WITH CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: As there are many collective and cultural memories, the term ‘cultural memory’ becomes blurred, and the relative universality of research on these issues reveals their methodological shortcomings. The focus on the social and political dimensions of memory has led most researchers to abandon the cultural dimension of this issue.
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