collective memory

Abstract: "Para que no vuelva a repetir": The Patterned, Politicized, Prepackaged Nature of Collective Memory

By Madeline Townsend
October 20, 2016

Memory is what guides our everyday actions: it forms our history, shapes our present, and projects us toward a new future. In the aftermath of trauma, memory serves as an important political tool used to rebuild society. Both individual and communal narratives emerge through the retelling of history and contrasting versions of the same occurrences battle one another to be heard.

Capturing Life: Collective Memory in the Post-Chávez Era

By Lisa Blackmore
April 27, 2016

For anybody who lived in Venezuela in the periods before and after Hugo Chávez’s death on 5 March 2013, these were strange and intense times. After a protracted battle with cancer and a final address to the nation televised on 16 December 2013, the man whose image and voice had been a constant feature in the nation’s imaginary and daily life —among opponents and supporters alike— was gone.

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