The right to remember and the right to forget: Practical implications of memory studies

Abstract

The paper reviews two conferences which took place almost simultaneously in 2016: the “Virtual Zones of Peace and Confict. Digitisation of Memories of Confict” workshop, organized by Copenhagen University in cooperation with Lund University (March 3–4), and the conference “Places of Amnesia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Forgotten Pasts”, organized by Cambridge University (April 5–6). Both events were centered on practical implications of memory studies — from organizing online archives and the ethics of archaeological feld work to transitional justice.