assmann – Ingatan

5 Nov 20196 Nov 2019 Ramze Endut Essay

Ingatan Global

Pendek kata, sesuatu peristiwa besar dunia sangat berpotensi untuk diingati di tahap global. Lagi-lagi, kalau peristiwa tersebut bersifat traumatik. Ini kerana, peristiwa yang penuh traumatik mampu mengusik rasa kemanusiaan sejagat yang mana ini mengundang rasa kebersamaan yang merentasi sempadan kaum, negara dan wilayah.

As an all-encompassing sociocultural phenomenon, memory plays an important role in various areas of social practice. The calendar of commemorations –national, religious, ethnic– seems to be ever-increasing. Remembering and forgetting are major themes in contemporary literature and art. Memory enjoys practically top billing in daily and weekly newspapers. It has become a controversial topic in politics and the public sphere (in the context of phrases such as ‘national tradition’, ‘Holocaust memory’, or ‘truth and reconciliation’). And memory even occupies us in our free time, in the form of thriving heritage industry. [Astrid Erll, Memory in Culture]