Historical memory
Historical memory: public memory policies and their place in democracy.
Historical memory is the field of public memory policies: monuments, commemorative dates, museums, memory sites. Pierre Nora (Les lieux de mémoire, 1984-1992) theorized it as social practice distinct from history. Spain with Historical Memory Law (2007, expanded 2022), Argentina with crimes against humanity trials, Germany with Vergangenheitsbewältigung are paradigmatic cases.
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