Intersubjectivity and Collective Memory

Intersubjectivity and Collective Memory

Although collective memory has been predominantly studied in the field of humanities, the topic has lately received increased attention from psychologists, particularly concerning the link between collective memory and processes of conversational remembering. Empirical research found that the relationship between interaction partners, and whether they perceive each other as members of the same social group, may influence how they remember (and forget) the past.

This line of research opens up a space for philosophical inquiry about the role different aspects of intersubjectivity, such as intercorporeality, empathy, sympathy, emotional sharing and identification play in collective memory formation.

Programme Keynote speakers

• John Sutton (Macquarie University / University of Stirling)
• Marta Caravà (Purdue University)

Format

In-person. The event will be live-streamed.

Thursday 24 April

9:00

Introduction

9:15

Keynote lecture by John Sutton, Macquarie University / University of Stirling

Social memory and collective memory: group dynamics and the limits of memory studies

10:30

Coffee break

10:45

Francesca Righetti (Ruhr University Bochum)

Collective grieving of place disruptions

11:45

Juan Diego Bogotá (University of Jyväskylä)

What is the intersubjective phenomenology of collective memory?

12:45

Lunch break

13.45

Elad Magomedov (KU Leuven)

Forgetting through remembrance: W.G. Sebald’s challenge to phenomenology

14:45

Costanza Penna (University of Turin)

Collective memory and group identity across generations

15:45

Coffee break

16:00-17:00

Philip Strammer (University of Pardubice)

Collective memory and repression in the context of an ethics of the second-personal relation

Friday 25 April

9:30

Keynote lecture by Marta Caravà, Purdue University

Attentional and Memory Failures: The Role of Social Norms

10:45

Coffee break

11:00

Daniel Vespermann (University of Heidelberg)

Collective involuntary memories? Bringing together cognitive psychology and the phenomenology of affective atmospheres

12:00

Minna-Kerttu M. Kekki (University of Helsinki)

Conflicting collective memories side by side: Phenomenology of multi-memory societies

13:00

Lunch break

14:00

Axel Seemann (Bentley University)

An externalist account of shared practical memory

15:00-16:00

Felipe León (University of Lisbon)

Shared remembering and joint attention