Memory / / ed. by Philippe Tortell, Mark Turin, Margot Young.

• MitwirkendeR: Abiteboul, Serge,; Bard, Edouard,; Belliveau, George,; Bernstein, Daniel M.,; Bitter, Sabine,; Boyd, Lara,; Christoff, Kalina,; Clift, Roland,; Connolly, Deborah A.,; Davis, Wade,
• HerausgeberIn: Tortell, Philippe,; Turin, Mark,; Young, Margot,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 p.) :; 11 b/w illustrations

November 11, 2018, is the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, a time of remembering and memorial, of linking past events to the world we live in today. Taking this particular moment as a catalyst, this book examines the character and relevance of memory more broadly. The essays in this collection ask readers to think creatively and deeply about notions of memory – its composition and practices – and the ways that memory is transmitted, recorded, and distorted through time and space. Memory navigates a broad terrain, with essays drawn from a diverse group of contributors who capture different perspectives on the idea of memory in fields ranging from molecular genetics, astrophysics and engineering, to law, Indigenous oral histories, and the natural world. This book challenges readers to think critically about memory, offering an engaging and interdisciplinary roadmap for exploring how, why, and when we remember.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Healing Through Culture -- Ecological Amnesia -- Climate Tales -- Making Ruins -- Timothy Findley’s The Wars -- Echoes Across Generations -- Reconciliation Pole -- First Light -- Corroboration -- Ships at Sea -- Constructed Futures -- Artistic Silhouettes -- Material Past -- Critical Periods and Early Experience -- Releasing Trauma -- A Fishy Story -- Reconstructing the Past -- Documents of Dissent -- Anthems -- In Defence of Forgetting -- Monuments in Stone and Colour -- Microcosmos -- Time, Oral Tradition, and Technology -- Global 1918 -- Reweaving the Past -- The Digital Shoebox -- Indigenous Storytelling -- Self, Lost and Found -- Contributors