Translations:Literacia da memória/8/en

From a genealogical and theoretical perspective, memory literacy, as proposed by Lopes, is situated within a dual tradition. On one hand, it directly engages with the foundations of memory studies, particularly the notion of collective memory formulated by Maurice Halbwachs and later developed in terms of cultural memory by authors such as Jan Assmann, who emphasize the socially constructed and institutionally mediated nature of memory. On the other hand, it is articulated with the evolution of the concept of literacy within the New Literacy Studies, which expanded the notion of literacy beyond technical reading and writing skills to include critical, contextual, and multimodal dimensions. Memory literacy thus emerges as a concept located at the intersection of these two fields, seeking to respond to contemporary transformations marked by the centrality of media in the production of historical narratives. Despite this theoretical grounding, it remains a concept in consolidation, whose use is still relatively limited and dependent on specific contexts of research and application.