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Flower Petal: Mediated Memory

Author(s): Kincső Verebélyi
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet
Summary/Abstract: Many people have written about memory in recent decades. Excellent theoretical works have presented in detail the embeddedness of memory within social frameworks. Others have drawn attention to the connections between the process-like nature of human culture and the specificities of memory. We did not undertake to write a study of a similar nature. Starting from just one specific example, we tried to at least indicate the custom of gluing dried, pressed flower petals to a sheet of paper or into a book over a period of about 100-150 years. The influence of fashion and the process-like nature and fragmentation of memory are still everyday experiences today.

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