Memory Practices and Learning: Interactional, Institutional and Sociocultural Perspectives (Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1681236206 ISBN 13: 9781681236209

Publisher: Information Age Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Memory and learning are seen as mental phenomena and generally studied as brain processes, for example, within various branches of psychology and neuroscience. This book represents a rather different tack, based on sociocultural theory, cultural psychology and dialogism. Authors from many different disciplines and countries study memory and learning as practices adopted by people in different interactional and institutional contexts. Studies range from detailed analyses of situated activities to broad sociohistorical studies of cultural phenomena and collective memories such as national narratives and physical symbols for commemorating events and traditions. By focusing on how people engage in remembering and learning, this book provides a necessary complement to currently popular neuroscientific approaches.

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About the Author

Åsa Mäkitalo, University of Gothenburg.

Per Linell, University of Linköping, Sweden.

Roger Säljö, University of Gothenburg.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1681236206
• ISBN 13: 9781681236209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 434
• Editor: Mäkitalo Åsa, Linell Per, Säljö Roger