Memory, History and Narrative: Shifts of Meaning when (Re)constructing the Past
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Brescó de Luna, Ignacio
Rosa, Alberto
Abstract / Description
This paper is devoted to the examination of some socio-cultural dimensions of memory, focusing on narratives as a meditational tool (Vygotsky, 1978) for the construction of past events and attribution of meaning. The five elements of Kenneth Burke’s Grammar of Motives (1969) are taken as a framework for the examination of reconstructions of the past and particularly of histories, namely: 1) the interpretative and reconstructive action of 2) a positioned agent operating 3) through narrative means 4) addressed to particular purposes 5) within a concrete social and temporal scenery. The reflexive character of such approach opens the ground for considering remembering as one kind of act performed within the context of a set of on-going actions, so that remembrances play a directive role for action and so have an unavoidable moral dimension. This is particularly relevant for some kinds of social memory such as history teaching and their effects upon identity.
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history memory mediation narratives eventsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2012-05-31
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
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8
Issue
2
Page numbers
300–310
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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Brescó de Luna, I., & Rosa, A. (2012). Memory, History and Narrative: Shifts of Meaning when (Re)constructing the Past. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 8(2), 300–310. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i2.460
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Brescó de Luna, Ignacio
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Rosa, Alberto
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Date of first publication2012-05-31
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Abstract / DescriptionThis paper is devoted to the examination of some socio-cultural dimensions of memory, focusing on narratives as a meditational tool (Vygotsky, 1978) for the construction of past events and attribution of meaning. The five elements of Kenneth Burke’s Grammar of Motives (1969) are taken as a framework for the examination of reconstructions of the past and particularly of histories, namely: 1) the interpretative and reconstructive action of 2) a positioned agent operating 3) through narrative means 4) addressed to particular purposes 5) within a concrete social and temporal scenery. The reflexive character of such approach opens the ground for considering remembering as one kind of act performed within the context of a set of on-going actions, so that remembrances play a directive role for action and so have an unavoidable moral dimension. This is particularly relevant for some kinds of social memory such as history teaching and their effects upon identity.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationBrescó de Luna, I., & Rosa, A. (2012). Memory, History and Narrative: Shifts of Meaning when (Re)constructing the Past. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 8(2), 300–310. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i2.460
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1135
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1327
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i2.460
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Keyword(s)historyen_US
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Keyword(s)memoryen_US
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Keyword(s)mediationen_US
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Keyword(s)narrativesen_US
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Keyword(s)eventsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleMemory, History and Narrative: Shifts of Meaning when (Re)constructing the Pasten_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers300–310
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Volume8
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