Otto, Ton (2024) Epilogue: Future memory work. In: Koch, Gertraud, and Charlotte Smith, Rachel, (eds.) Future Memory Practices Across Institutions Communities and Modalities. Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, pp. 196-202.

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This volume builds on a long tradition of research on memory, that has emerged from different disciplines, including psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, literary studies, and media studies. 1 Each of these disciplines has developed their specific disciplinary perspective, focusing, among other things, on individual memory and cognition, collective memory, different cultural practices and techniques, historical evidence, narrativisation, and different media for storing and communicating memories. More and more the study of memory has become an interdisciplinary endeavour and is now considered as a field in its own right, which is testified for example by the appearance of specific journals and associations. Nevertheless, this field is characterised more by common problems and topics than by shared theoretical traditions and methods. 2 The particular contribution of the present volume is that it aims at an integrative and relational approach, which derives not only from theoretical model building, but to a high degree emerges from practical work and collaborative engagement in heritage institutions (in short GLAM institutions - galleries, libraries, archives, and museums); work with digital infrastructures and social media; and with diverse practical interventions, group initiatives and design collaborations. In all these forms of collaboration, the modalities of memory that are afforded by the specific arrangements are in focus.

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