in|discussion public lecture series 2021-22
About this event
in|discussion is a public lecture series and a forum to discuss contemporary issues and current research in art, design, visual and material culture, critical theory, pedagogy, philosophy, society and technology. in|discussion is generated by research and practice currently taking place in the Dublin School of Creative Arts at Technological University Dublin.
All the things we cannot hear: The edges of memory
“I want to try to contribute to the large and growing literature on the memory of the Great War by exploring a difficult problem. How do we approach auditory memory? To what extent do the sounds of the past, our own personal past, resonate with and inform our memories? In Jewish ritual, the act of remembrance takes many forms, but one phrase dominates all: truah zicharon, in the sound lies the memory. On one level, the sound referred to is the piercing call of the ram’s horn, the shofar, telling us to wake up and remember. But there are so many other instances in which sound can evoke profound and powerful memories, that I want to suggest that the history of memory, including my own, is incomplete, without attention to the soundscape of the past. Sound is at the edge of memory. I want to explore the implications of this truth for those like me who try to understand the cultural history of the Great War.”- Jay Winter
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