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Memory studies is an interdisciplinary, and increasingly multidisciplinary, field of study that examines memory as a tool for remembering the past and how the past and present converge as part of the larger processes of cultural negotiation, identity formation, and narrative construction. Memory studies is not only interested in the processes of remembering, but also why certain events or people are remembered or forgotten and for what purpose. Memory studies is dually concerned with the present – as a reflection and consequence of the past – and the happenings of the past. Memory studies comprises multiple expressions of memory, including, but not limited to, autobiographical memory, multidirectional memory, collective memory, traumatic memory, remembrance, commemoration, and memorialization. Memory studies encourages and allows for research across disciplines and across methods to develop a more rounded understanding of how people, societies, cultures, and nations remember, misremember, and re-remember the past.
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Riotto, A.M. (2019). Memories, Memory, and Memorial. In: Fitzgerald, T. (eds) Handbook of Historical Studies in Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0942-6_52-1
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