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Circe’s Charm Herbs or More on the Winning of Memory

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the problems of memory, memorizing and actualization of information, as well as the mechanism of inheriting it. The study is based on previous opinions characterizing the individual and collective memory, and the biographical with regard to the forms of written and oral conveying. The correlation between memory and heritage wherein it is acting as a constant reminder and functionalizer of community’s collective memory. Due to the complexity and versatility of the problem of collective memory resources within the context of folk culture the paper emphasizes upon one of its aspects, namely on the possibilities of a certain territory to serve as a collective memory pillar. Mutual influence and explicitness of territory is easily realized on the level of settlement community which organizes and gives sense to the environment it has been living in. The territory/community interactions in everyday life are grounded on the formation of community image. This image, on the other hand, favours the preservation of stable and equilibrium relations between the former determinants. Being materially long lasting and continuously bound to the human groups the settlements are considered as an ethnological heritage for identification of the people. Thus actualizing the reminiscences and the knowledge in the community memory the pillars of the territories become an explanatory code and means for establishing their cultural identity.

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