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Mnemonic devices have remained integral to human learning processes through history, as man continues to grapple with his existential experiences. Such epistemological consideration considers knowledge as a universal experience of recall, whereby events, objects, texts and processes are commited to memory. However, threats to Nigeria’s sociopolitical life has been the reverse of this logic with the erasure of History from the curriculum of secondary schools until the recent attempts at its restoration. It is such neglect that prompted this study’s examination of the need to revive the consciousness of the importance of historical lessons in the consolidation of the country’s democracy by adopting a memorialisation policy. It conceptualizes memorialisation within the framework of creation of public memorials as important for national integration and peacebuilding through references to extant memory initiatives. It then proceeds to situate the eight principles of memorialisation - as proposed by Impunity Watch - within the global context while drawing from an array of literature within the humanities and social sciences. In relaying this to the Nigerian context, the paper focuses on relevant historical events and discussions around the Nigerian Civil War with the purpose of demonstrating how memorialisation can be adopted in facilitating peacebuilding efforts in Nigeria, as a means to address different secessionist bids in a sustainable manner.

History --- Political Science --- peace --- civil war --- peace-building --- Nigerian politics --- memorialisation

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Current developments in the digital organization of knowledge give rise to an in-depth study in the humanities of the history of the cultural practice of capturing and storing information. This interdisciplinary anthology discusses current research issues on historical theories and practices of information processing in art history research. Using examples from the period between the end of the 17th century and the early 19th century, the contributions investigate how in Europe new ideas of storing knowledge and processing data were reflected in the fine arts and arts theory during this critical period of competing methods of capturing information. Gegenwärtige Entwicklungen in der digitalen Organisation von Wissen geben in den Geisteswissenschaften Anlass zu einer vertieften Auseinandersetzung mit der Geschichte kultureller Praktiken des Speicherns und Erinnerns. Der vorliegende interdisziplinäre Sammelband öffnet aktuelle Forschungsfragen zu historischen Theorien und Praktiken der Informationsverarbeitung für die Kunstgeschichtsforschung. Die Beiträge untersuchen anhand von Fallbeispielen des ausgehenden 17. bis frühen 19. Jahrhunderts, wie in einer Scharnierzeit konkurrierender Gedächtnisdiskurse neue Ideen der Wissensspeicherung und Erinnerungsverarbeitung in den Bildkünsten und der Kunsttheorie Europas reflektiert werden.

Memorialization --- Memorialisation --- Memorials --- Art --- art history --- art theory --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Europe --- North America

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Memorials --- Memorialization --- Victims --- Nationalism and collective memory --- Persons --- Memorialisation --- Commemorations --- Historic sites --- Monuments --- Collective memory and nationalism --- Collective memory --- Social aspects

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Vietnam, A War, Not a Country explores the conflicting ways in which the American-Vietnamese War has been collectively remembered and represented from the perspective of the war's three primary belligerents: the Vietnamese communists, the South Vietnamese, and the Americans. The book examines how the three different collectives memorialize this traumatizing historical event. Within each of these three groups there exists a number of competing narratives, generating not only a sense of shared meaning and community, but also impassioned social conflict. In order to trace these narratives within each collectivity, the authors develop the concept of arenas of memory, distinct discourses that are tied to specific individuals, organizations, and institutions that advocate specific narratives through specific forms of media. Their analysis leads them to make the case as to whether each of these societies experienced a cultural trauma as a result of the way in which the war is remembered.

Collective memory --- Vietnam War, 1961-1975. --- Vietnam War, Cultural Trauma, Arenas of Memory, Memorialisation. --- HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War. --- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --- Memory --- Social aspects --- Psychological aspects. --- Influence.

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Grassroots memorials have become major areas of focus during times of trauma, danger, and social unrest. These improvised memorial assemblages continue to display new and more dynamic ways of representing collective and individual identities and in doing so reveal the steps that shape the national memories of those who struggle to come to terms with traumatic loss. This volume focuses on the hybrid quality of these temporary memorials as both monuments of mourning and as focal points for protest and expression of discontent. The broad range of case studies in this volume include anti-mafia

Death --- Memorialization --- Social movements --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- #KVHA: Cultural memory --- #KVHA: Grassroots --- #KVHA: Semiotiek --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Social psychology --- Memorialisation --- Memorials --- Memorialization. --- Social aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Death - Social aspects --- Social movements - Political aspects