Memory, Trauma, and Cultural Semiotics - An Extensive Review

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The following review-article deals with three publications that have been released in recent years, all of which can be read in the context of memory studies through the mention of memory in their titles. It is evident that memory studies has become a field of research that ranges from the humanities to the social sciences to the natural sciences, with the only common denominator being the object of study of memory. But what memory is, how memory is constituted, or how it can be analyzed or even made measurable is where the publications discussed differ strikingly. The aim of this review is therefore not to place the three publications in a singular context but rather, by discussing their differences, to show how diverse memory studies is as a field and to present what the breadth of different approaches that look beyond oneʼs own disciplinary boundaries can offer regarding the future engagement with memory in Scandinavian studies and especially in Scandinavian medieval studies.