Collective memory

Collective memory is a term coined by Maurice Halbwachs, separating the notion from the individual memory. The collective memory is shared, passed on and also constructed by the group, or modern society. The debate was taken up by Assmann, who wrote Das kulturelle Gedächtnis (The Cultural Memory).

Collective Memory and Memorialization

The collective memory of a nation is represented in part by the memorials it chooses to erect. Public memory is enshrined in memorials from the newly opened Holocaustmemorial in Berlinto the VietnamVeteran's memorial in Washington DC. Whatever a nation chooses to memorialize in physical monument, or perhaps more significantly, what not to memorialize, is an indicator of the collective memory.

See also

• Pierre Nora, places of memory.
• Meme

pt:Memória coletiva

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