Reflections from the Memory Studies Association Conference, Prague
The research team of the Landecker Digital Memory Lab recently attended the Memory Studies Association’s annual conference, the world-leading event in the field, this year held across Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czechia. During the packed, five-day programme, the Lab contributed to five sessions and joined many others. Find out what we shared and learned from three distinct perspectives. By Dr. Ben Pelling, Dr. Kate Marrison and Prof. Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden Dr. Ben Pelling, Research Fellow, Landecker Digital Memory Lab: As someone new to memory studies, the size of MSA Prague was at first quite overwhelming, with more than 1,400 participants. However, this does mean that there are plenty of panel sessions, workshops, tours and other events to suit all areas of scholarship or mere curiosity. There was ample opportunity to sample sessions on topics diverse from one’s own research focus - a great way to learn about new methods and approaches that can be adopted and co-opted as needed or just enjoy the work of scholars studying a completely different topic. One thing I learned during the event was that memory scholars are starting to engage with online, digital and mapping resources in their [...]