The structure and organization of collective memory representations

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12905413
AutoresAysu Mutlutürk (0000-0002-5217-3021, Istanbul Medipol University, autor correspondente), Ali I Tekcan (0000-0001-5888-103X, Bogaziçi University), Aysecan Boduroglu (0000-0001-5950-8237, Bogaziçi University)
Ano2021
Volume16
Fascículo5
Páginas1343-1359
Data de publicação2021-01-18
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMemory Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1750698020988778
OpenAlexW3124751778
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas59

Most collective memory research to date has focused on the temporal distribution of and generational differences in public event representations while not directly addressing the conceptual relationships between different event representations. This study investigates how individuals cluster representations of public events and how sociopolitical identity changes event clustering. Participants judged the similarity of different pairs of key public events and reported their voting behavior. Using multidimensional scaling (MDS), we identified that public events were distinguished based on their political and nonpolitical characteristics; political events were further clustered based on their specific attributes (e.g. power struggles or ethnicity issues). Voting behavior introduced variations into how people clustered political public events. Our findings suggest that collective memories that are formed in relation to a historical and sociopolitical background may be better understood within a network of relationships and at the level of specific cultures/groups rather than at a larger (e.g. national) level

Cognitive psychology · Collective identity · Collective memory · Ethnic group · Event (particle physics · Identity (music · Multidimensional scaling · Political science · Politics · Similarity (geometry · Sociology · Voting · Voting behavior · Computer Science · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence