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Plenitude, scarcity and the circulation of cultural memory

Ann Rigney

Utrecht University, Ann.Rigney{at}let.uu.nl

An argument is made for the need to conceptualize cultural memory, not as merely derivative of individual psychology, but in terms of a ‘working memory’ (Assmann) that is constructed and reconstructed in public acts of remembrance and evolves according to distinctly cultural mechanisms. Foucault’s ‘scarcity principle’ is used to show the role of media in generating shared memories through processes of selection, convergence, recursivity and transfer. This media-based approach, emphasizing the way memories are communicated, circulated and exchanged, allows us to see how collective identities may be (re)defined through memorial practices, and not merely reflected in them.

Key Words: memorial media • memory frameworks • memory transfer • recursive remembrance • sites of memory

Journal of European Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1, 011-28 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0047244105051158
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