The technology of collective memory and the normativity of truth
The technology of collective memory and the normativity of truth
The last two decades have seen extraordinary growth in the development of small, democratised, fragmented efforts to establish collective memories for various groups and cultures, aided by new technology and media, especially collaborative Web tools. This has led to considerable dislocation – one commentator has noted the apparent contradiction of an “obsession” with memory in a society “terminally ill with amnesia”. In this paper I will examine some of the effects on memory, collective and individual, of the memory boom in the context of the spread of technology.
Memories for Life, memory, truth, history, World Wide Web, lifelogging, individual memory, collective memory
O'Hara, Kieron
0a64a4b1-efb5-45d1-a4c2-77783f18f0c4
10 November 2008
O'Hara, Kieron
0a64a4b1-efb5-45d1-a4c2-77783f18f0c4
O'Hara, Kieron
(2008)
The technology of collective memory and the normativity of truth.
2008 Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering, London, United Kingdom.
10 - 12 Nov 2008.
Record type:
Conference or Workshop Item
(Other)
Abstract
The last two decades have seen extraordinary growth in the development of small, democratised, fragmented efforts to establish collective memories for various groups and cultures, aided by new technology and media, especially collaborative Web tools. This has led to considerable dislocation – one commentator has noted the apparent contradiction of an “obsession” with memory in a society “terminally ill with amnesia”. In this paper I will examine some of the effects on memory, collective and individual, of the memory boom in the context of the spread of technology.
Text
ohara_raeng_phil-of-eng_memory-1.pdf
- Accepted Manuscript
More information
Published date: 10 November 2008
Venue - Dates:
2008 Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering, London, United Kingdom, 2008-11-10 - 2008-11-12
Keywords:
Memories for Life, memory, truth, history, World Wide Web, lifelogging, individual memory, collective memory
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 267018
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/267018
PURE UUID: 5294aeb7-0c70-4a7f-bf35-a1de51e0c52a
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 06 Jan 2009 12:17
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:09
Export record
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics
