From dinosaurs to nuclear fallout

Multiple temporalities of scale in memory studies

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ID12905136
AuthorsOlya Feldberg (University of Virginia, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume16
Issue6
Pages1594-1608
Publication date2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMemory Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17506980231204202
OpenAlexW4389273378
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited41

The purpose of this article is to explore potential avenues for the forthcoming “fourth wave” of memory studies, building upon existing theories of temporality in the field. By focusing on relative duration, particularly short-term versus long-term perspectives, it argues for the differentiation between objects of remembering, such as events and conditions, and modes of remembering, such as commemoration, legacy, and heritage. The article argues that our present moment is characterized by the proliferation of temporalities of various scales and the complex interplay between forms of memory and the scales against which it is constructed. This argument is illustrated by the different forms of the Chernobyl disaster remembering in Russia as well as Putin’s strategic use of historical analogies from the distant past. Finally, the article proposes an agenda for the politics of time, expanding the scope of the “politics of memory” to encompass the social construction of past, present, and future on different scales and their use by existing systems of power

Argument (complex analysis · Cartography · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Scale (ratio · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Temporalities · Temporality · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior

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