Productions: The Memory Project

What is a memory? How are memories made? How are memories lost? Erased? How does a group—a society—remember, then memorialize, an event, especially now in the digital age?

American history involves countless memorializations of great and hard events—the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, The Great Depression, the attacks of September 11, to name but several. Our social memory works its way out in our museums; our monuments; our holidays (Memorial Day has its own a complicated history); our historical societies and archives; media; reenactments; and the names we put on streets and public spaces.

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The Memory Project

“The Memory Project” brings a team of talented filmmakers to unfurl unique stories about the American way of remembering.  They work closely with the project’s distinguished editorial advisory board of historians, psychologists, scientists, anthropologists, librarians, and archivists—experts on the ways that individuals, societies, and countries remember and forget their own history. 

The project is sponsoring the widespread collection of American memories and includes compelling case studies; digital media published for education on the university level; a digital repository of scientific data and personal stories from the broader community; and immersive installations that partially simulate the cognitive experience.  The Memory Project is co-produced with the Library of Congress and the University of Southern California.

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