Memory Is an Antimuseum

As I was reading “Memory and Imagination,” a memoir, written by Hampl, I could not stop keep making connections with another memoir that I previously read, “The Peril of Memory” by Ventura. The themes of both memoirs relate to recalling memory. Hampl talks about memory in terms of writing a memoir, and Ventura tells about how memory can change and affect the present. It was very interesting to see how two different authors have similar views and experiences of memory and how they grow with memory.

Every act of remembering is also, intrinsically, an act of forgetting. Giving preference to particular details of an event lessens the immediacy of others. Thus, memory is its own, unique narrative culled from an almost endless sea of details present, and sometimes not present, in the original event. Memory is the past, reformulated and interpreted through the lens of the present (Huyssen 1995). When an event is commemorated through a physical act of memory, the narrowing of possible details becomes even more finely tuned, limited by the physical scope of possibilities for bodies in a three-dimensional space.

Memory provides a sense of personal identity. Memories that were made from the past create the person that they have become today. It helps to ground judgments and with reasoning. As an illustration, one day a young girl was shopping at the mall with a group of friends and they deiced to steal a cute

Two of the consequences of sexual abuse that interest me the most is posttraumatic stress disorder and repressed memory. PTSD is known as an anxiety disorder that occurs in response to experiencing extreme stress (McCoy & Keen, 2014). The rates of PTSD vary among the type of sexual abuse that has occurred (McCoy & Keen, 2014). Victims of sexual abuse usually have to deal with PTSD. They have flashbacks of the terrible indicants, could happen randomly or be triggered by anything. Since the triggers could happen any time, it could prevent the person from prevent the person from being able to move on, which could stop them from living a successful and happy life. Another consequence of sexual abuse is repressed memory. Repressed memory is when the brain forces unacceptable thoughts, desires or memories into the unconscious (McCoy & Keen, 2014). This is done so the brain can protect itself. It takes a lot of energy for the brain to hide these memories and they can reappear caused by a trigger (McCoy & Keen, 2014). It makes

Memory is a something that you remember from your past experiences so you can learn from them and adapt whatever you learn to control your life in which direction you want to be in, because our life without memory is empty .I read about “The Catcher in the Rye” and “Hope, Despair and Memory” , they think of memory something that you can't forget about it what happened to you in the past, because that's how they learn there life lessons, passage #1 used repetition and informal diction, passage #2 used repetition and painful diction.

Memory literally means “something that is remembered”. In Diana Taylor’s article, Villa Grimaldi, Santiago de Chile is the memory place where brings trauma to the survivors and tourists. As Diana Taylor said “memory, we know, is linked to place…”, I totally agree with her idea that when I go to where I have been, I can certainly remember or link to what was happened last time. For Pedro Matta, one of the survivor from torturing and detention, the memory of Villa Grimaldi only brings him pain and trauma. “The difference here is that what we see in the model is no longer there. Even though we are present, we will not experience it ‘in person’.” (p37) However, he still comes back to this place to give a tour to people from outside. I admire and

Inscribed in the very study of history - is memory. Orienting our every action in this realm, whether consciously or subconsciously, it is our memory that each human clings to. As humans establish groups, groups form collectives, and collectives constitute institutions, memories are legitimated, solidified, or erased entirely. While reading an individual memoir often reveals the depth of human sentimentality, studying collective memory often illuminates the fundamental relationship between powerful institutions and the knowledge it immortalizes or obfuscates. Examining sites of memory and erasure on Willamette’s Campus, the LARC grant proposed by Professor Eisenberg, provides an excellent opportunity to form a case-study of this relationship.

Often in the general public of readers and audiences, the terms history and memory coalesce and seem to easily flow together when considering historical consciousness of the past, and yes, there is an intertwined relationship between the two. However, there are distinct differences between these two expressions. History can be described as “a reasoned reconstruction of the past rooted in research.” It can belong to anyone and can be known by anyone, whereas memory is usually passed down and owned by a certain community or group. Memory is also used differently – it can be framed to suit a person or community’s specific ideologies, it can give value, and there can be deeper meanings such as helping one cope with the weight of past in that

The visual has conveyed many interesting concepts and hidden meanings that regard remembrance. The images of interest correspond to a variety of ideas that follow along this concept. One of the ideas conveyed is that Amy finds the city a very dull place. Another idea expressed in the image is that the box in the second image is a way to help her remember the person mentioned in the text “Louis”. The final idea is that the image with Amy and Amy’s mother in the city, Amy and Amy’s mother are not familiar with the new area.

A sense of place and belonging is central to Austerlitz’s identity. Jacques Austerlitz, an architectural historian, studies and preserves histories that are not his own. He compensates for his personal absence of history by obsessing over buildings such as train stations, fortresses, libraries and observatories, “I had constantly been preoccupied by that accumulation of knowledge which I had pursued for decades, and which served as a substitute or compensatory memory” (197). This defense mechanism can be further analyzed through the specific places he studies. For example, fortresses, large and imposing protect, libraries are full of knowledge of the past, and train stations that connect him with his painful memories of the kindertransport.

Collective memories are important because “they are constructed, not simply reproduced”(5). Historical memories “transmit selective knowledge about the past”(5). Simply, collective memories are we chose to remember the past, while historical memories are the facts, albeit selective facts, of history. One issue of collective memory stems from the ability to selectively remember and forget the past(6). Historical memories face issue of being misrepresented or misused by those seeking to create a certain memory(12). Collective memory can also be misused to appear to represent the majorities memory, often used in the form of “public monuments” that are either owned by the public nor have been erected with public consensus(13). Historical memory

Reminiscent of Pierre Nora’s often-quoted ideas about modern societies’ obsession with memory as a sign of an incapacity to truly remember, Perel’s film questions the uses of memory sites and therefore functions as a countermonument. For James E. Young, countermonuments “challenge the very premise of the monument.” They are created by a new generation of artists for whom the possibility that terrible events “might be reduced to exhibitions of public craftsmanship or cheap pathos remains intolerable.” Like a countermonument, El predio “reject[s] the traditional forms and reasons for public memorial art, those spaces that either console viewers or redeem tragic events, or indulge in a facile kind of [reparation that would] purport to mend the memory of a murdered people.” Therefore the film makes it incumbent upon the spectator to form a narrative about the past and judge the urgency or banality of certain memory practices. Symbolic of this open-endedness, in the final scene, the open door of the former ESMA invites the spectator, who is situated on the other side of the gate, to intervene, to appropriate the space and construct memories connected to the social struggles of the

Mirski and Dellis explained that with hardwork and dedication we could have great memories like them. They used many different techniques in order to train their memory. They used the “journey method” and the “card method.” Mirski and Dellis used the “journey method” by recalling the information. Dellis and Mirski used the “card method” by imagining the card as many things. For example, they imagined the clubs as sandwiches and the kings of spades as a big lily pad. These are some methods Mirski and Dellis used in order to make their memory

The Persistence of Memory is an incredibly iconic piece of art. I, as well as many others, have seen it many times, yet never really took the time to actually look at it and try to understand what Dalí was trying to convey within this painting. That’s why I decided to choose this painting to analyze. Dalí’s realistic, yet dreamlike painting, shows something as simple as time, and portrays it in ways that one would never really think

Memory makes us. It is, to an extent, a collection of unique and personal experiences that we, as individuals, have amassed over our lifetime. It is what connects us to our past and what shapes our present and the future. If we are unable remember the what, when, where, and who of our everyday lives, our level of functioning would be greatly impacted. Memory is defined as or recognized as the “sum or total of what we remember.” Memory provides us the ability to learn and adjust to or from prior experiences. In addition, memory or our ability to remember plays an integral role in the building and sustaining of relationships. Additionally, memory is also a process; it is how we internalize and store our external environment and experiences. It entails the capacity to remember past experiences, and the process of recalling previous experiences, information, impressions, habits and skills to awareness. It is the storage of materials learned and/or retained from our experiences. This fact is demonstrated by the modification, adjustment and/or adaptation of structure or behavior. Furthermore, we as individuals, envision thoughts and ideas of the present through short-term memory, or in our working memory, we warehouse past experiences and learned values in long-term memory, also referred to as episodic or semantic memory. Most importantly, memory is malleable and it is intimately linked to our sense of identity and where we believe we belong in the world.