Collective Memory

November 15, 2002 4:43 AM

Collective Memory. A collection of sites which are creating collective memory on the web. A personal favourite is TimeSlips, a storytelling project with people with Alzheimer's.
posted by plep (5 comments total)

Yes. Beautiful. Would that memory could guarantee we don't repeat mistakes of the past.

Thanks.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:51 AM on November 15, 2002

The stories at TimeSlips are so great. What a wonderful find.
posted by putzface_dickman at 5:19 AM on November 15, 2002

The Virtual Memorial Garden (maintained by Lindsay of Bifurcated Rivets) is another great site which would fit in well here.
posted by plep at 9:50 AM on November 15, 2002

I think one of the implicit appeals of MetaFilter is this sense that we are partaking in the construction of collective memory. We are creating a shared memory of events as they unfold. I think this partly explains why members post news events or obituaries. They want to initiate some kind of social memory via the MeFi tribe.

Nice post, plep.
posted by jacknose at 11:05 AM on November 15, 2002

A personal favourite is TimeSlips, a storytelling project with people with Alzheimer's.


I hope they have that page placed in their favorites.
posted by uftheory at 12:21 PM on November 15, 2002