Historical+Memory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_memory).
 * Collective memory ** refers to the shared pool of information held in the memories of two or more members of a [|group] . Both the English phrase and its French equivalent appeared in various contexts in the second half of the nineteenth century. The philosopher and sociologist [|Maurice Halbwachs] analyzed and advanced the concept in his book // La mémoire collective // (Paris, 1950). Collective memory can be shared, passed on and constructed by groups both small (e.g., a board of directors) and large (e.g., American culture). In many ways, collective memory parallels individual memory (e.g., better recall for pictures than for words), but also exhibits some key differences and features (e.g., cross-cueing) (retrieved from

An excellent site which provides definitions for the various different types of historical memory, the development of these notions of memory and links for further exploration. http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/201/CollectiveMemoryDefinitions.htm#top

Lecture 18 - Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning (Guest Lecture by Jay Winters) As a result of World War I, Europe had a different understanding of war in the twentieth century than the United States. One of the most important ways in which the First World War was experienced on the continent and in Britain was through commemoration. By means of both mass-media technologies and older memorial forms, sites of memory offered opportunities for personal as well as political reconciliation with the unprecedented consequences of the war. The influence of these sites is still felt today, in a united Europe, as the importance of armies has diminished in favor of social welfare programs. http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-202/lecture-18

Monuments represent a certain memory of the past. Maya Lin the creator of the Vietnam War Memorial used WW1 monuments to help reconstruct a monument to memorialize the Vietnam War. http://www.mayalin.com/

Great resource for students and teachers that provides multiple lenses by which to view history and do historical analysis. http://www2.huhs.org/library/pathfinders/cultural_lens/cultural-lens.html