Tourism and Memory

Experience of place significantly informs the way in which the past is understood in the present day. When Maurice Halbwachs introduced the notion of collective memory (1925), he noted the way in which social groups are constantly involved in a process of “implacement”: collectives are partly const...

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Autore principale: Rapson, Jessica
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire 2022
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:Experience of place significantly informs the way in which the past is understood in the present day. When Maurice Halbwachs introduced the notion of collective memory (1925), he noted the way in which social groups are constantly involved in a process of “implacement”: collectives are partly constituted by collaborative experiences of place, thus rendering it a key component of collective memory. Landscapes are frequently perceived to function as archives of human history and experience; th...