Category
Concepts
6 articles in this section
The Ship as a Transnational Arena: An Interview with Historian Argyris Sakorafas
PhD candidate Argyris Sakorafas discusses the experience of Greek migrants on the transatlantic journey and why steamships were true global melting pots.
Feb 11 - Antonis ChaliakopoulosWhy Benedict Anderson Wrote That the Nation Is an "Imagined Community"
In his 1983 work, Benedict Anderson argues that the nation is not a primordial entity but a socially constructed phenomenon, an imagined community.
Feb 9 - Antonis ChaliakopoulosCultural Memory vs. Communicative Memory: Jan Assmann’s Theory
Why do some stories last 3,000 years while family memories fade in 80? Jan Assmann claimed that the answer lied in the difference between communicative and cultural memory.
Jan 27 - Antonis ChaliakopoulosAuthorized Heritage Discourse (AHD): Why Heritage Is Not What You Think
Laurajane Smith has argued that heritage is not something material as we commonly think, but rather a discourse that selects what is worth preserving. She called this the Authorized Heritage Discourse (ADH).
Updated Jan 26 - Antonis ChaliakopoulosWhat Is Ethnosymbolism? Anthony D. Smith's Work on Nationalism
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.
Jan 6 - Antonis ChaliakopoulosWhat Is Collective Memory? Definition & History
The term 'collective memory' was coined by the French philosopher Maurice Halbwachs to describe the process by which groups of people remember things and construct their group identities.
Updated Jan 25 - Antonis Chaliakopoulos





