Collective Memory

Past and future memories about COVID from around the globe

In this podcast episode, I interview Sezin Öner about her paper published in Memory & Cognition. The paper reports research conducted collaboratively with 30 researchers from 15 countries around the world. Participants in those countries reported unusual national and global events during the first signs of the pandemic and what may occur in the future. The authors considered […]

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In Memory of Maradona: Using the FIFA World Cup to the explore informal collective memories

One of the most legendary players to ever have played the game of professional football (soccer) was Diego Maradona (October 30, 1960 – November 25, 2020). Maradona was a professional Argentinian football player and manager, and a joint winner (along with Pelé) of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award. The news of Maradona’s […]

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