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Tag: Cultural Memory

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28 September 2020

One hundred years of Carinthian plebiscite

In October 2020, Carinthia will celebrate the centenary of the plebiscite deciding whether Lower Carinthia should remain part of Austria. For the same amount of time, this event has served as a reference point for discourse and assimilation endeavours. In a transdisciplinary project combining theatre and science, researchers are seeking new leverage on the burden […] Continue reading “One hundred years of Carinthian plebiscite”

Interview & Opinion

4 September 2018

Memory as an agent of social cohesion

Interview: Ingrid Ladner

Aleida Assmann’s work focuses on the cultures of memory and of forgetting. In an interview on the occasion of the FWF’s 50th anniversary, the cultural studies scholar explains why we need memory, why the Internet undermines credibility, and why we should remember humane virtues. Continue reading “Memory as an agent of social cohesion”

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