Memory and Meaning

Narratives and Social Memory Theoretical and Methodological Approaches, 2013

Psicología Política, 2006

En este artículo revisaremos 6 trabajos que se centran en el impacto que tienen hechos de carácter sociopolítico, estructuras identitarias y reacciones emocionales en la creación, transmisión y mantenimiento de las memorias colectivas. Estos trabajos analizan el recuerdo de hechos históricos y la manera en que este recuerdo está influido por la edad o género de las personas. Se verá cómo se produce un fuerte consenso intercultural en el recuerdo de hechos históricos importantes. No obstante también será importante diferenciar entre el hecho de recordar algo y la interpretación que los diferentes grupos sociales pueden dar de ese hecho. En los artículos podremos observar como la identidad social del grupo y la búsqueda de mantenimiento de esta identidad social positiva conduce a que existan diferentes memorias de un mismo hecho por parte de las víctimas, sus familiares y amigos, o las personas que realizaron la acción. Estas memorias tienen consecuencias para los valores, creencias y perspectiva acerca del mundo tanto para la persona como para el grupo al que pertenece.

The interaction between an interviewee and an interviewer in a narrative life story interview is a relevant topic in oral history as well as in empirical social sciences in general. This relationship seems to be central especially with regard to the validity of memories produced in interviews as it affects in various ways the narrative and memory alike. The interview situation has immediate influence onto what is being remembered at all, which memories are being narrated and which are not.

Oxford Scholarship Online

The sociocultural model of autobiographical memory focuses on the narrative or storied nature of autobiographical memories and the role of adult–child interactions in scaffolding these stories. Work in discursive psychology extends this interactional focus and demonstrates the action orientation of jointly constructed narratives. However, in this work, there is hitherto little differentiation made among types of autobiographical narratives. Memories of “difficult” or “painful” events, such as sexual violence, neglect, physical injury, and “traumatic” experiences, present particular challenges in terms of narrative organization, interaction, and agency. Speakers must demonstrate responsibility in how they recruit one another into such narratives. Where there is a power asymmetry, this can involve a collaborative “managed accessibility” for memories of particularly distressing details. This chapter provides a conceptual scheme for approaching “vital memories” of these sorts and discus...

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In this contribution I discuss the link existing between autobiographical memory and autobiographical narrative and, in this context, the concept of coherence. Starting from the Bruner's seminal concept of autobiographical self, I firstly analyze how autobiographical memories and autobiographical narrative influence each other and, somehow, mirror reciprocally and then I present some results of my previous studies using a methodology consisting in "narratingtranscribing-reading-narrating. " The results show that self narratives can have positive effects on the narrators if they are provided with a tool to reflect on their memories. Moreover these results show that autobiography in its double sidesthat of memory and that of narrative -is a process of continuous construction but also that this construction is deeply linked to social interactions.

Oxford Scholarship Online, 2018

Contemporary reformulations of the nature of “the psychological” call out for different approaches to autobiographical memory. If epistemic and methodological differences are set aside, debate can be focused on four key themes—function, accessibility, accuracy, and life story. What persons do with memory needs to be indexed to the interactional contexts where the past is invoked, where the accessibility of autobiographical memories is a collaborative accomplishment. While the accuracy of memory is nearly always at issue, the criterion and procedures through which it is established vary across practices, as do capacities to produce biographical coherency. An “expanded” or “modern” view of memory should seek to analyze brains, voices, objects, and settings together.

Journal of Adult Development, 2014

This article explores the psycho-social space between autobiographical and collective memory concerning massive social traumas. It is conceptualized that there is a third type of memory image, termed ''my-their.'' Individuals appear to ''remember'' autobiographical memories of elder family members, even though they could not, either because they were born after the trauma happened or because the autobiographers were extremely young at the time of the experience. These emotional ''memories'' furthermore connect to collective memories of social traumas of ethnic/national groups. Examples from memories of the Holocaust and al Naqba are examined. Furthermore, the roles that ''my-their'' memory images can play in peace building and reconciliation are discussed.