traditionalist – Ingatan

1 Nov 201925 Apr 2021 Ramze Endut Essay

Dua Bentuk Ingatan: Presentis dan Tradisionalis

Sehubungan dengan itu, persoalannya kini: Apakah ada jalan tengah antara presentis dan tradisionalis? Apakah rupa “the middle range theory of memory” sekiranya ada? Dan, bagaimanakah jalur tengah ini dapat dikaitkan dengan trauma yang memangpun telah menjadi kembar kajian kepada ingatan?

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]