The technology of collective memory and the normativity of truth
The technology of collective memory and the normativity of truth
Neither our evolutionary past, nor our pre-literate culture, has prepared humanity for the use of technology to provide records of the past, records which in many context become normative for memory. The demand that memory be true, rather than useful or pleasurable, has changed our social and psychological under-standing of ourselves and our fellows. The current vogue for lifelogging, and the rapid proliferation of digital memory-supporting technologies, may accelerate this change, and create dilemmas for policymakers, designers and social thinkers.
memory, representation, recollection, lifelogging, truth, prosthetic memory, sensecam, memories for life, privacy, social networking, sousveillance
978-94-007-7761-3
279-290
O'Hara, Kieron
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28 January 2014
O'Hara, Kieron
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O'Hara, Kieron
(2014)
The technology of collective memory and the normativity of truth.
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Michelfelder, Diane P., McCarthy, Natasha and Goldberg, David E.
(eds.)
Philosophy and Engineering: Reflections on Practice, Principles and Process.
(Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 15)
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Springer Dordrecht, .
(doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7762-0_22).
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Neither our evolutionary past, nor our pre-literate culture, has prepared humanity for the use of technology to provide records of the past, records which in many context become normative for memory. The demand that memory be true, rather than useful or pleasurable, has changed our social and psychological under-standing of ourselves and our fellows. The current vogue for lifelogging, and the rapid proliferation of digital memory-supporting technologies, may accelerate this change, and create dilemmas for policymakers, designers and social thinkers.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 12 November 2013
Published date: 28 January 2014
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Chapter: 18
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memory, representation, recollection, lifelogging, truth, prosthetic memory, sensecam, memories for life, privacy, social networking, sousveillance
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/273105
ISBN: 978-94-007-7761-3
ISSN: 1879-7202
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Diane P. Michelfelder
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Natasha McCarthy
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David E. Goldberg
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