Places of Memory takes a new look at spatialised practices of remembrance and its role in reshaping societies from prehistory to today, gathering researchers representing diverse but complementary fields of expertise. This diachronic outlook provides important insights into the great variety of human and social reactions examining memory, encompassing aspects of remembering, the loss of memory, reclaiming memories, and remembering things that may not have happened. The contributions to this volume expand upon Pierre Nora's concept of lieux des memoire (places of memory) and the notion that memory is not just stored in these places but activated through human engagement. The volume presents a reflection on the creation of memories through the organisation and use of landscapes and spaces that explicitly considers the multiplicity of meanings of the past. Thus, social identities were created, reaffirmed, strengthened, and transformed through the founding, change, and reorganization of places and spaces of memory in the cultural landscape.

About the Author
Christian Horn is a researcher and lecturer at the Department for Historical Studies at the University of Gothenburg. His scholarship focuses on Scandinavian rock art and prehistoric conflict. He is the current research coordinator of the Swedish Rock Art Research Archives as well as an advisory board member. ;

Gustav Wollentz is project leader/researcher at the Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning and Creativity. ;

Gianpiero Di Maida is the scientific manager of the DISAPALE project at the Neanderthal Museum. ;

Annette Haug is professor for Classical Archaeology at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel.

Reviews

In summary, despite the manageable number of 164 pages, the present volume contains a rich fund of newly conceived and further developed approaches that go well beyond the scope of the individual contributions and can also be applied to other archaeological contexts. The readers are shown stimulating possibilities to look at their own research topic from a new perspective - and at the same time to dare to think outside the box in many ways. The range of contributions clearly demonstrates the potential of including theories and concepts of memory in archaeology.

-- Lukas Kerk * Archaologische Informationen 43 *



Book Information
ISBN 9781789696134
Author Christian Horn
Format Paperback
Page Count 164
Imprint Archaeopress
Publisher Archaeopress
Weight(grams) 614g