Collective memory is defined as the representation of the past, both that shared by a group and that which is collectively commemorated, that enacts and gives substance to the group’s identity, its present conditions and its vision of the future.
Collective memory is generated, maintained, and reproduced through texts, images, site and experiences. (Misztal, 2003: Theories of Social Remembering)
Collective memory is not a socially constructed idea about the past but rather a socially shared notion, a way that a group conceptualized the past while in the present. (Halbwachs, 1920: On Collective Memory). It is an individual who remember not the groups/institutions, but the memories can only be achieved if they are located in social framework. Individual remember, but society determined what is worth remembering (Sumnu, 2002)
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