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sociological
perspectives on
memory
- INDIVIDUAL MEMORY
- refers to the person who is engaged in
memory on any given occasion
- refers to the person who is engaged in
memory on any given occasion
- SOCIAL MEMORY
- memory shared by those
who are already related to
each other (family,
friendship, acquaintance)
- there can be social memory
of events one did not
personally experience
- social memories are not
necessarily public
- "sharing memories" doesn't
mean having the same
experience of remembering but
remembering something others
in one's group also remember
- memory shared by those
who are already related to
each other (family,
friendship, acquaintance)
- COLLECTIVE MEMORY
- different persons, not necessarily known to
each other, recall the same event
- commonality of content
- shared focus not experience
- "flashbulb memories"
(Kennedy assassination, 9/11)
- "flashbulb memories"
(Kennedy assassination, 9/11)
- distributed over population and place
- shared focus not experience
- commonality of content
- different persons, not necessarily known to
each other, recall the same event
- PUBLIC MEMORY
- attached to a past (an
originating event) and acts to
ensure future remembrance of
that same event
- the memory of publics
- the publicness of memory
- formation through ongoing
exchange of ideas
- attached to a past (an
originating event) and acts to
ensure future remembrance of
that same event
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