The Knossian Kamares Style as Transgenerational Memory
This paper introduces a new perspective on the constitutive role of material culture for memory using the Knossian Kamares pottery style as a case study. It challenges prevalent approaches in mainstream memory studies, which confine memory to individuals’ brains or minds, suggesting a deeper relatio...
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| description | This paper introduces a new perspective on the constitutive role of material culture for memory using the Knossian Kamares pottery style as a case study. It challenges prevalent approaches in mainstream memory studies, which confine memory to individuals’ brains or minds, suggesting a deeper relationship between material culture and memory. Presenting a novel methodology rooted in cognitive archaeology to study the long-term making of Knossian Kamares decorations, I suggest that the Knossian Kamares pottery style is a transgenerational memory that enabled generations of artisans to remember, learn, and update technological skills and knowledge. I also claim that, in assuming this distributed, enactive, and non-representational stance on style as memory, it becomes evident that remembering is something we do: an active engagement that emerges with and through material culture in specific sociomaterial settings. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:54e122b1-91f4-4d0c-9e3f-34e9b5c978c92024-08-12T19:34:44ZThe Knossian Kamares Style as Transgenerational MemoryJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:54e122b1-91f4-4d0c-9e3f-34e9b5c978c9EnglishJisc Publications RouterSpringer2024Prezioso, EThis paper introduces a new perspective on the constitutive role of material culture for memory using the Knossian Kamares pottery style as a case study. It challenges prevalent approaches in mainstream memory studies, which confine memory to individuals’ brains or minds, suggesting a deeper relationship between material culture and memory. Presenting a novel methodology rooted in cognitive archaeology to study the long-term making of Knossian Kamares decorations, I suggest that the Knossian Kamares pottery style is a transgenerational memory that enabled generations of artisans to remember, learn, and update technological skills and knowledge. I also claim that, in assuming this distributed, enactive, and non-representational stance on style as memory, it becomes evident that remembering is something we do: an active engagement that emerges with and through material culture in specific sociomaterial settings. |
| spellingShingle | Prezioso, E The Knossian Kamares Style as Transgenerational Memory |
| title | The Knossian Kamares Style as Transgenerational Memory |
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