Time and Place: Sites of Memory and the Sense of History

Alexander Cook

doi:10.4324/9781003462088-14

Time and Place: Sites of Memory and the Sense of History

Alexander Cook

School of History

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This chapter analyses the relationship between place and practices of historical education, commemoration, reflection and contestation. It looks at common functions and strategic uses of ‘sites of memory’ - designated locations that serve as physical focal points for the collective engagement with past events and eras. The chapter discusses the historical and trans-cultural ubiquity of associating specific places with the cultivation of collective memory. It also discusses contemporary approaches to harnessing the potential of place for nurturing historical understanding via scholarship on affective education, multi-sensory cognition, heritage pedagogy, living history and experimental archaeology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Museum and Heritage Education
Editors	Maggie McColl, Pete Brown, Michelle Delaney, Karl Borromaus Murr, Henrik Zipsane
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Chapter	11
Pages	232-247
Number of pages	247
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003462088
ISBN (Print)	9781032480985, 9781032611136
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003462088-14
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Publisher	Routledge

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Time and Place: Sites of Memory and the Sense of History
Cook, A., 2025, The Routledge Handbook of Museum and Heritage Education. McColl, M., Brown, P., Delaney, M., Borromaus Murr, K. & Zipsane, H. (eds.). London: Taylor & Francis, p. 232-247 247 p. (Routledge Handbooks).
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The Routledge Handbook of Museum and Heritage Education. ed. / Maggie McColl; Pete Brown; Michelle Delaney; Karl Borromaus Murr; Henrik Zipsane. London: Taylor & Francis, 2025. p. 232-247 (Routledge Handbooks).

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