Work
On Collective Memory
Explore in the Atlas →Argues that memory is socially constructed and requires spatial and social frameworks for recall; spaces anchor collective memory.
Memory
Details
- Type
- Text
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- ReasonObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- articulates Collective Memory
Referenced by
- Maurice Halbwachs authored
Sources
- Maurice Halbwachs. Les cadres sociaux de la mémoire (On Collective Memory). Félix Alcan (English ed. trans. Lewis A. Coser, University of Chicago Press, 1992), 1925.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "On Collective Memory." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/on-collective-memory/. Accessed July 17, 2026.