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collective memory

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collective memory
n.
1. The ability of a community to remember events.
2. The collection of memories shared by a common culture.
collective memory
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) the shared memories of a group, family, race, etc.


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Brundage's research usefully exposes the constant harnessing of collective memory in the South to contemporary political ends.
The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory by Fink, Leon / Journal of Social History
It encourages them to go beyond abstract social science into the realm of human experience, aesthetics, and the creative process in order to understand why cities are how they are; and it demonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic values, collective memory, association and conflict.
Five recent books on the city by The Architectural Review
Recognizing change and possible loss allows for our collective memory to recall what the onward march of time is so quick to forget, making A Humanistic Philosophy Of Music especially vital reading for advanced music scholars and composers.
A Humanistic Philosophy of Music by Internet Bookwatch
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