Remembering the Vikings: Ancestry, cultural memory and geographical variation

Remembering and Forgetting: Narrative as Cultural Memory

This paper has two objectives: one is to explore the dialectics of remembering and forgetting, an issue traditionally neglected in psychological memory research; the other is to question the widespread dichotomy of individual and social memory. To do so, a cultural-historical perspective is outlined that allows us to conceive of individual memory as an inextricable part of an overarching cultur...

Autobiographical Remembering as Cultural Practice: Understanding the Interplay between Memory, Self and Culture

Autobiographical remembering is examined as a cultural practice unfolding in the developmental dynamics of the interplay between memory, self and culture. In discussing the results of recent comparative studies in the United States and East Asia, we argue that autobiographical memory and self are interconnected meaning systems constructed in macroand micro-cultural contexts—contexts of collecti...

The Study of Memory Remembering

on translation of phatic communion and socio-cultural relationships between the characters of the novels

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...

Redescription and geographical variation of Monopeltis guentheri Boulenger (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia)