Digital memories governance : Trust beyond transparency

neutral nor transparent, are ceding to other social actors their central role as trustworthy agents in preserving memory. Although the involvement of multiple actors is a step forward in democratising knowledge and may be crucial to rebuilding trust in institutions (beyond issues of simple transparency), it is worth exploring whether more attention should be paid to the actual extension of what we call here ‘memory practice’. The present work aims to lay the ground for a reflection on whether digital memories are being governed democratically or whether the governance of digital memories is just being transferred from one actor to a number of others, without agreed norms and agendas. We also discuss how institutions of memory could benefit from practices that recognise and encourage a more inclusive governance of collective memory.

AGUILAR MORENO Estefania;  GHEZZI Alessia;  MARTINHO GUIMARAES PIRES PEREIRA Angela; 

2015-12-21

University of Greenwich

JRC92539

978-1-291-97878-0,   

http://www.drha2014.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Pages-from-Book-of-abstracts-edited_interactive5_aug-2.pdf,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC92539,