Introduction: <em>Time, Materiality, and the Work of Memory</em>

LifeLogging: Personal Big Data

“…One such example is triggering recall of recent memories; an application of lifelogging where the detailed lifelog acts as a memory prosthesis, thereby providing support for people with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. It is well-known in memory science that experiences from the past can be spontaneously re-lived based on a trigger such as an image, smell, sound or a physical object, as presented in Hamilakis and Labanyi (2008). Examples might be the smell of a pine tree which can remind a person of Christmas or a even specific Christmas from their childhood.…”

Why Language Evolution Needs Memory: Systems and Ecological Approaches

“…For instance, the leaves on trees, termites' nest, body temperature of mammals, the existence of the Acropolis (Hamilakis and Labanyi 2008), the parts of the Ship of Theseus and Leonardo da Vinci's the Last Supper (De Clercq 2013), or the actual existence of the sounds of Latin cannot be explained in this way. Understanding their persistence and their 'immunity' from decay requires introduction of biological, social and individual types of memory.…”

Constructing Historical Space: Estonia’s Transition from the Russian Civilization to the Baltic Sea Region

“…This process is called post-imperial nation-building (Anderson 1996, 163). It can result in conflicting national narratives and opposing interpretations of common memories (Hamilakis and Labanyi 2008;Hawley 1996;Feichtinger 2003). The contradiction between the former center and periphery narratives is especially strong, particularly if the center supports the centripetal narrative that aims to integrate the periphery into one political unit or civilization.…”