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  2. Collective memory - Wikipedia

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    Collective memory has been conceptualized in several ways and proposed to have certain attributes. For instance, collective memory can refer to a shared body of knowledge (e.g., memory of a nation's past leaders or presidents); [6] [7] [8] the image, narrative, values and ideas of a social group; or the continuous process by which collective memories of events change.

  3. Maurice Halbwachs - Wikipedia

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    Maurice Halbwachs (French: [mɔˈʁis ˈalbvaks]; 11 March 1877 – 16 March 1945) was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory. Halbwachs also contributed to the sociology of knowledge with his La Topographie Legendaire des Évangiles en Terre Sainte ; study of the spatial infrastructure of the ...

  4. Barry Schwartz (sociologist) - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, the following issues are encompassed within Schwartz's academic focus: the extent of collective memory's variation between and within generations; memory as an antidote to distorted history; reality as a limit to constructed memories; memory as a source of unity and conflict; the continuity of memory in the face of social change ...

  5. National memory - Wikipedia

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    National memory is a form of collective memory defined by shared experiences and culture. It is an integral part to national identity . It represents one specific form of cultural memory , which makes an essential contribution to national group cohesion .

  6. Obama vs. Romney Electoral Map - elections.huffingtonpost.com

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    Maps and electoral vote counts for the 2012 presidential election. Our latest estimate has Obama at 343 electoral votes and Romney at 191.

  7. Jeffrey K. Olick - Wikipedia

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    While studies of "collected" memory examine "the aggregated individual memories of members of a group," studies of "collective" memory turn to "collective phenomena sui generis"—representations of the past that exist outside the confines of individual minds (e.g., memorials, speeches).

  8. Transgenerational trauma - Wikipedia

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    Transgenerational trauma is a collective experience that affects groups of people because of their cultural identity (e.g., ethnicity, nationality, or religious identity). [20] Because of its collective nature, the term is not usually applied to single families or individual parent–child dyads.

  9. Lieu de mémoire - Wikipedia

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    In Nora's words, "A lieu de mémoire is any significant entity, whether material or non-material in nature, which by dint of human will or the work of time has become a symbolic element of the memorial heritage of any community (in this case, the French community)" [5] It may refer to any place, object or concept vested with historical significance in the popular collective memory, such as a ...