International Seminar of Communicative and Cultural Memory
Throughout their studies, Jan and Aleida make a distinction between two types of memory: a communicative one, related to memories passed from one generation to another in an informal and daily way, usually by oral tradition, and a cultural one, referring to the collective memories of the past that have a symbolic character and that last through texts, images, rites, monuments and other mnemonic supports.
Jan Assmann (Universität Konstanz)
Aleida Assmann (Universität Konstanz)
2h e 15min.
IEA Event Room
