History and Memory.

Introduction: Researching Memory and Generation

“…Connerton claims that 'the practice of historical reconstruction can in important ways receive a guiding impetus from, and can in turn give significant shape to, the memories of social groups (Connerton 1989: 14). Hutton argues in a more radical way that historiography cannot be seen as a process freed from memory, but rather as an official version of memory which enjoys the sanction of academic authority (Hutton 1993;see also Assmann 1999;Crane 1997;Hall 1998). This does not mean that memory and history are synonymous, but rather that 'memory is history located in relatively subjective space; history is memory located in relatively objectified space.…”

Theoretical Conceptualisation of Collective Memories in Sociology and Related Social Sciences

“…6 Povjesničari se bave odnosom povijesti i kolektivnih sjećanja primarno se fokusirajući na njihove epistemološke veze (Cubitt, 2007;Ankersmit, 2001;Hutton, 1993). I dok jedni sagledavaju povijest i sjećanja kao potpuno drugačije pojmove (uobičajeno je sjećanje inferioran pojam), drugi ih sagledavaju kao nastavljajuće jedno na drugo.…”

Cultura, identidad y poder en las representaciones del pasado: El caso de los zapotecos serranos del norte de Oaxaca, México

“…Las memorias e identidades locales contestaron las inscripciones hegemónicas introducidas por el Estado y fraguaron lo que Foucault llamaba contramemorias (Hutton 1993). Las memorias asociadas a la explotación minera, a las diversas formas que ha adoptado la formación del Estado y la nación en la Sierra zapoteca dan cuenta de las variadas formas en que los indígenas han transitado por las luchas por la identidad.…”