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The new grey of memory: Andrew Hoskins in conversation with Huw Halstead

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Hoskins, Andrew, Halstead, Huw·2021·Memory Studies
DOI 10.1177/17506980211010936
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Andrew Hoskins – interviewed by Huw Halstead – discusses the tensions and paradoxes of memory and place in the connective era. Digital media liberate memory from the spatial archive, but they also create a connective compulsion and dependency, a disconnect from the present moment and a loss of control over memory. The overwhelming abundance and immediacy of digital data breed a placelessness of the digital traces of ourselves, an algorithmic narrowing of information, knowledge and life. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified this compulsion to record to such an extent that it may be considered a new memory boom, an obsessive desire to remember. Locative and mobile technology may seem to locate us in space more than ever before, but they do so in ways that are beyond our comprehension: our smartphones know more about our locatedness than we do, ushering in a ‘new grey’ in digital memory. Yet, it is critical to be aware of the variegated geography of connective memory – and of Memory Studies itself.

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Authors
Hoskins, A., & Halstead, H.
Affiliations
University of St Andrews (GB)
Corresponding author
Halstead, Huw
ORCID
Venue
Memory Studies
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2021-06
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
675-685
ISSN
  • 1750-6980 (ISSN-L)
  • 1750-6999
DOI
10.1177/17506980211010936
OpenAlex
W3169875233
Cited by
65
References
15
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 5
FWCI
6.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Memory Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • St Andrews Research Repository (St Andrews Research Repository) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Memory, History, Trauma, Identity
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
Keywords
digital memory, place and memory, digital traces, placelessness, COVID-19 pandemic, memory boom, mobile technology, smartphones, geography of memory

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