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Social Memory

Social Memory. By James Fentress and Chris Wickham Presented by: Leslie Norman / Meghan Vacca. Chapter 1: Remembrance. To explore how memory functions.

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Social Memory

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  1. Social Memory By James Fentress and Chris Wickham Presented by: Leslie Norman / Meghan Vacca

  2. Chapter 1: Remembrance • To explore how memory functions. • To explore the way historians and social scientists have regarded memory and used it and to suggest different ways social memory can be better appreciated.

  3. Memory becomes social once structure has been given to it and it is articulated. • Memory has a mixed character between personal and social thus it is social memory. As such it is more subjective because of the sharing factor involved.

  4. Knowledge vs. Remembering • “We can know something without being able to remember it.” (pg. 4) • We can know how memory facilitates knowledge by asking what constitutes the experience of memory.

  5. Chapter 3: Class and Group memories in Western Societies • Peasant memories • Working-class memories • National memories in the modern period • Women’s memories

  6. Chapter 5: The Mafia and the Myth of Sicilian National Identity • “In preserving old forms, the mafia showed how the perception of the present can still be dominated by perspectives from the past.” (pg. 198) • Family honor • Vendetta

  7. After the 1860 unification of Italy the story of the 1282 Vespers became a standard concept in Sicily. • “Morte ai francesi, Italia anela!” • (Death to the French, Italy is yearning!)

  8. American mafia legitimized their actions by tying into the noble tradition of preserving family honor. • The actions are validated by acting out its own myth.

  9. Ordering and Transmission of Social Memory • Oral Memory • The memory of words • Images and memory • Narrative Memory • Song of Roland • Fairytales

  10. Re-Reading the Text • The authors’ project • Theoretical background • Achievement of goals/ • Reviews/Reception of the book • Implications for Knowledge Structures

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