Theory
Communicative vs Cultural Memory
Explore in the Atlas →Distinguishes everyday communicative memory from institutionalised, long-term cultural memory embodied in monumental sites.
Memory
Details
- Introduced
- 1990s
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Observation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Cultural Memory and Early Civilisation articulates
- Jan Assmann proposed
Sources
- Jan Assmann. Das kulturelle Gedächtnis: Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen. C.H. Beck, 1992.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Communicative vs Cultural Memory." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/cultural-memory/. Accessed July 17, 2026.