Reactivations of Memory in Times of Crisis of Imagination: Notes on Nostalgia, Image, and Monument
Abstract
The present article aims to develop the concept of "reactivations of memory" through the role that critical imagination plays in them. In the first place, nostalgia will be analyzed as a form of critical imagination of the past, blurring the boundaries between memory and imagination. Secondly, we will analyse two photobooks: Cartografías silenciadas by Ana Teresa Ortega and C-3331/CA-82 by Anna Jornet, looking for connections with Deleuze's definition of the "out of field" and Barthes' punctum, amongst other concepts. Using the theoretical notes these two examples provide as a starting point, we will explore the issues posed by memorial culture and its fetishization of history, highlighting the importance of critical imagination, which can be materialised through nostalgia and photography, in the reactivation of memory.
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