Translations:Literacia da memória/33/en

In developing the concept, Lopes starts from the observation that in contemporary societies the construction of social memory is strongly mediated by cultural products, particularly audiovisual fiction (cinema and television). Memory literacy is thus defined as the capacity to critically interpret these representations of the past, considering that they are not neutral or merely informative, but result from processes of selection, framing, and narrative. The author emphasizes that these representations operate within a field of tensions between different social agents, interests, and memory regimes, implying that audiences must develop specific competencies to recognize the constructed, plural, and sometimes conflictual nature of memory. In this sense, the concept approaches other critical literacies, such as media literacy, but distinguishes itself by focusing specifically on the relationship between media and historical memory, emphasizing the need to understand how the past is continuously reconfigured in the present through cultural and media devices.