What does memory look like?
(2022) KOVK03 20212Division of Art History and Visual Studies
- Abstract
- What does memory look like? explores whether a nordic collective and cultural memory can
be observed through carefully selected artworks created by five contemporary Nordic artists.
Leveraging the theoretical collective/communicative and cultural memory frameworks of
Professor of English and Literary Studies Aleida Assman, and Professor of Cultural Studies
Jan Assman. The main focus when analyzing the images is not in the specific analytical
methodology but in connecting a collective Nordic (or perhaps universal) memory and finding
similarities between our social norms and values and the motifs of the various artworks. The
study answers two research questions. The first question deals with how selected images are
remembering the... (More) - What does memory look like? explores whether a nordic collective and cultural memory can
be observed through carefully selected artworks created by five contemporary Nordic artists.
Leveraging the theoretical collective/communicative and cultural memory frameworks of
Professor of English and Literary Studies Aleida Assman, and Professor of Cultural Studies
Jan Assman. The main focus when analyzing the images is not in the specific analytical
methodology but in connecting a collective Nordic (or perhaps universal) memory and finding
similarities between our social norms and values and the motifs of the various artworks. The
study answers two research questions. The first question deals with how selected images are
remembering the Nordics and the second explores in what ways images function as carriers of
memory. (Less)
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- author
- Fernsten Nilén, Anna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- What does memory Look like? A study of Nordic contemporary art as a carrier of collective / communicative memory
- course
- KOVK03 20212
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Collective memory, Communicative memory, Cultural memory, Identity, Contemporary Scandinavian Art, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Simon Stålenhag, Joar Nango, Jenni Hiltunen, Loji Höskuldsson.
- language
- English
- id
- 9103483
- date added to LUP
- 2022-11-25 13:50:31
- date last changed
- 2022-11-25 13:50:31
@misc{9103483, abstract = {{What does memory look like? explores whether a nordic collective and cultural memory can be observed through carefully selected artworks created by five contemporary Nordic artists. Leveraging the theoretical collective/communicative and cultural memory frameworks of Professor of English and Literary Studies Aleida Assman, and Professor of Cultural Studies Jan Assman. The main focus when analyzing the images is not in the specific analytical methodology but in connecting a collective Nordic (or perhaps universal) memory and finding similarities between our social norms and values and the motifs of the various artworks. The study answers two research questions. The first question deals with how selected images are remembering the Nordics and the second explores in what ways images function as carriers of memory.}}, author = {{Fernsten Nilén, Anna}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{What does memory look like?}}, year = {{2022}}, }