Terrorism in Memory Culture: Investigating the Aftermath of July 22 in Norway (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies). This item is unavailable.Terrorism in Memory Culture: Investigating the Aftermath of July 22 in Norway (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

This edited collection examines the intersection between the developing fields of terrorism and cultural memory studies through a detailed study of the 2011 terrorist attack in Norway. It examines how the work of remembrance has been established through arts such as theatre and fiction, and also architecture, heritage and education. It traces the politics of the remembrance processes and explores the shifting meanings in public memories that change over the thirteen years since the attack, and are constantly being negotiated in response to present circumstances. It also charts general trends in memorialisation: the globalising and digitalising of memory practices, the speed of memorial initiatives, the role of testimony, and the importance of diverse narratives emerging through newer modes of communication.

Chapters 10, 13 and 16 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com

Alexandre Dessingué is Professor of Literacy Studies, History Education and History/Memory culture at the Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Stavanger, Norway. He is a memory scholar who has been working in different fields like in cultural history, cultural memory studies, comparative literature studies, critical literacy/thinking and history education. He is interested in the many ways in which history and more generally the past are represented and (mis)used in society. This includes the study of collective and cultural memory, the (des)construction of identities, the study of historical consciousness and critical thinking. He has published several books, chapters and articles in these related areas of research.

Paula Hamilton is Professor of History at the Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the State Library of NSW. She is a cultural historian who has published widely in oral history and memory studies, both in Australia and internationally, exploring the intersection between personal and public remembrance. She has supervised over 30 doctoral theses and is also a public historian, collaborating in a range of historical projects with libraries, community groups, museums, and heritage agencies.