{"title":"Memory is an interpretive action","authors":"B. Schiff","doi":"10.1075/ni.22020.sch","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n In this essay, I aim to shore up the epistemological foundations of memory studies so that it can more\n productively fulfill its promise to understand the dynamics of shared meaning-making. I argue for theoretical and, hence,\n methodological, advancement toward a more precise vocabulary for describing the movement of meaning over time and space and\n between persons as they engage with resources and each other in order to fix and revise shared interpretations. Drawing on the\n conceptual vocabulary of narrative, I describe some of the central tenets of this “back to the phenomenon” approach to social\n memory.","PeriodicalId":46671,"journal":{"name":"Narrative Inquiry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Narrative Inquiry","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.22020.sch","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this essay, I aim to shore up the epistemological foundations of memory studies so that it can more
productively fulfill its promise to understand the dynamics of shared meaning-making. I argue for theoretical and, hence,
methodological, advancement toward a more precise vocabulary for describing the movement of meaning over time and space and
between persons as they engage with resources and each other in order to fix and revise shared interpretations. Drawing on the
conceptual vocabulary of narrative, I describe some of the central tenets of this “back to the phenomenon” approach to social
memory.
期刊介绍:
Narrative Inquiry is devoted to providing a forum for theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on narrative. Articles appearing in Narrative Inquiry draw upon a variety of approaches and methodologies in the study of narrative as a way to give contour to experience, tradition, and values to next generations. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches to narrative and the analysis of narratives in human interaction, including those practiced by researchers in psychology, linguistics and related disciplines.