The Construction of Collective Memory in the Axis of Social Reality and Habitus

How is collective memory formed through interaction with individuals’ habits and reality? This question is important for us to understand how individuals’ social experiences and habituated internal behaviour functions in the formation of collective memory. In lıne with this question, ın this article...

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Main Authors: Muhammed Vedat Karadağ, Gülsüm Çalışır
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2024-11-01
Series:4. Boyut Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/B80F7FCBCCB9480BAA386A09B5D56A8B
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Summary:How is collective memory formed through interaction with individuals’ habits and reality? This question is important for us to understand how individuals’ social experiences and habituated internal behaviour functions in the formation of collective memory. In lıne with this question, ın this article, in which the ideas of Berger and Luckmann, who emphasise the importance of social construction in the formation process of social reality, and how ingrained tendencies direct behaviours and shape social interactions through habitus, the most important concept of Bourdieu’s sociological approach, are discussed, it is aimed to reveal how habitus and social reality affect collective memory. Clarifying the relationship between these three concepts is important for us to understand how social, cultural, conscious and unconscious, habituated and transmitted behaviours affect the behaviours of society and individuals in the formation stages of collective memory. The relationship between these three concepts has been revealed based on Berger and Luckmann’s social construction approach, which is important for the process of social reality, and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus. As a result of the study, it has been revealed that collective memory is a living and living system that is influenced by habitus and social reality, and is affected by the dynamic structure of habitus and social reality in the process of formation. This article aims to contribute to the literature by explaining how collective memory, which is a process of remembering, is shaped by habitus and social reality while reaching a collective structure.
ISSN:2822-6623