Between remembrance and knowledge: The Spanish Flu, COVID-19, and the two poles of collective memory

While the literature suggests that Spanish Flu—despite devastation it caused—suffers from social amnesia, this article begs to differ. Building on multiplicity of manners in which past maintains itself present and specifically focusing Erll’s distinction between remembrance knowledge as two poles collective memory, we shed light memory Flu its entirety. First, our analysis recognizes COVID-19 a catalyst Flu. Second, perceived amnesia attached stems overlooking mark left sphere knowledge. The addresses need recognize uniqueness importance pole assessing exposes dynamics potential relationships shared by poles.