Sites of memory in the Irish landscape? Approaching ogham stones through memory studies
| Autor: | Sarah Künzler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Cultural Studies
History 060102 archaeology Social Psychology Anthropology 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography Ogham Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 06 humanities and the arts Cultural geography language.human_language Irish language 0601 history and archaeology Cultural memory Memory studies 050703 geography Identity formation Landscape archaeology Nexus (standard) |
| Zdroj: | Memory Studies. 13:1284-1304 |
| ISSN: | 1750-6999 1750-6980 |
| Popis: | The nexus between landscape, identity formation(s) and cultural memory has long been of interest to archaeology, cultural geography and various disciplines in the humanities. This article suggests that in medieval and early modern Irish texts, the depiction of monuments addresses precisely this complex relationship. On the basis of close readings of textual evidence and a critical engagement with Pierre Nora’s idea of lieux de mémoire, it will be argued that the cognitive interplay between literary-imagined and archaeological-material monuments enabled the medieval Irish literati to situate themselves within the world they inhabited both spatially and culturally. The article thus contributes substantially to our understanding of the material aspects of social remembrance and advocates the potential benefits of including the extremely rich Irish textual and archaeological sources into broader, interdisciplinary discussions. |
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