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A breakdown of Benedict Anderson’s theory of the nation as an imagined community, print capitalism, and why this matters.

From ancient Greek myths of living statues to the modern anxiety of the Uncanny Valley and AI, explore why the familiar feels so frightening.

The difference between cultural and communicative memory, the "Floating Gap," and why Jan Assmann's theory matters for memory studies.

Herodotus described his role as a historian as a twofold struggle against the “lapse of time” and “forgetting”.

Laurajane Smith has argued that heritage is not monuments and buildings, but rather a discourse that selects what is worth preserving. She calls this the Authorized Heritage Discourse (AHD).

Ethnosymbolism is an approach to the study of nationalism, grounded in the work of Anthony D. Smith, that emphasizes the importance of symbols, myths, and memories.