TÁJKÉP ÉS EMLÉKKÉP - AZ EMLÉKEZETHELYEK PROBLEMATIKÁJA
Sites and memory sites – the problem of places of memory

Author(s): Zsolt Szijártó
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: sites;memory sites;place;time
Summary/Abstract: „Places” and „memory” denominate in fact two big categories of human perception: place and time. Narratives have always played an essential role in its formation. During the university research project introduced here the geographical place did not only constitute the object of our research, but it became also the site for the presentation of the research’s outputs. In this case, I speak about an artistic installation. Alternative approaches, like this installation, emphasize that history (and historiography) are not the only agents that take part in these processes of transformation. Art and other different imaginative industries, the narratives used in everyday life have an equally important role in the cultural sacralization of place. On the other hand, while Pierre Nora and the cultural studies researches that link to his views treat the relationship between historical time and places of memory, this installation brings our attention to “another history” that dwells in objects and parts of nature, and constitutes a frame for places of memory.

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