A semiotic theory of memory

Between Movement and Form

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4474598
AutoresDaniele Salerno (0000-0002-8556-1055, Utrecht University , Utrecht , Netherlands, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen2021
Número241
Páginas87-119
Fecha de publicación2021-07-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSemiotica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/sem-2019-0125
OpenAlexW3099505417
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas31

In the multidisciplinary field of memory studies, remembering and forgetting have mainly been analyzed following two ideal-typical models: memory-as-containment (exemplified by the notions of framework and site of memory) and memory-as-flow (epitomized by the notions of afterlife and mnemohistory). These two models are often presented as mutually exclusive and counterposed. Yet, in linking past with present, and when connecting different spaces and generations, memory is always the result of circulation (flow) as well as of local semiotic conditions of production and use (containment). By investigating memory-making and oblivion-making in processes of interpretation, the semiotic perspective elaborated by Umberto Eco allows us to envision memory-as-containment and memory-as-flow in a combined analysis, where the twofold conception of memory - either as movement or as form - merges. The aim of this article is, then, to provide an interpretative theory of memory, and to identify and describe the methodological tools capable of implementing such an approach. The memory of the former Italian concentration camp of Fossoli will serve as an exemplary and illustrative case study

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Forgetting · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical) · Semiotics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Mathematics · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology