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The Memory Network

记忆网络

基本信息

批准号：
AH/J005894/1
负责人：
Sebastian Groes
金额：
$ 4.58万
依托单位：
University of Roehampton
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2012 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ005894%2F1
关键词：
Memory Network

项目摘要

From Plato's wax tablet and Freud's exploration of the 'mystic writing pad' to contemporary metaphors of digital archives, our understanding of memory has often been shaped by technological models. But in recent years, this understanding has been significantly enhanced through exciting scientific breakthroughs. Writers, critics and academics working in the arts and humanities are now turning to new ways of thinking within biosciences, psychology, mathematics, and computer science to reconsider individual and collective memory in literary narratives. At the same time, many scientists acknowledge the benefits of engaging with creative ideas and the ethical and hermeneutic perspectives offered through fiction and humanities methodologies. The Memory Network (MN) brings together researchers, authors and organisations to provoke and fuel original ways of thinking about memory. Many important contemporary writers are already in a vibrant dialogue with science and offer crucial starting points for the MN's activity: for example, Ian McEwan's and Will Self's research into neuroscience for Saturday (2005) and The Book of Dave (2006); Margaret Atwood's and Kazuo Ishiguro's thinking about the impact of 'the posthuman' upon human memory; Terry Pratchett's quest to understand the effect on his writing of progressive Alzheimer's; and Hanif Kureishi's interest in understanding how matter and mind are related. One of the Network's ambitions is to grow and nurture a community of thinkers interested in cross-disciplinary approaches to memory studies, open to communicating with each other and with the general public. It will also stimulate new creative work and we are particularly keen to actively involve living writers in this community and its various debates. We will encourage a dialogue to develop between the academic community, creative writers and artists, and the general public. Interaction will be encouraged in a number of ways. Firstly, and following an initial symposium called 'The Future of Memory' (funded by the Wellcome Trust), the MN will run a series of free lectures, memory experiments, panel discussions and interactive workshops throughout the first year of the scheme. These events will tackle topics including science and psychogeography, memory, food and phenomenology, memory and new media, memory and prediction, human and artificial intelligence memory, and writing, aging and forgetting. A website called the 'Memory Repository' will support discussion and correspondence between Core Members and the general public in response to these events. Finally, the MN will publish two collaborative works: a 'manifesto' called The Future of Memory: Notes for the New Millennium and an edited collection of essays provisionally titled Memory, Literature and Science.The Memory Network has literary studies at its core, and most of its initial members are based in English departments with an established or emerging research interest in memory and narrative. In addition, key researchers from other disciplines will join as active members or in an advisory capacity. At present the Network is primarily based in contributors from the UK and North America, but an additional aim for its final phase is to critically situate these interdisciplinary investigations in wider contexts with a European and global emphasis, culminating in a major international conference.

从柏拉图的蜡板和弗洛伊德对“神秘书写板”的探索，到当代数字档案的隐喻，我们对记忆的理解往往是由技术模型塑造的。但近年来，通过令人兴奋的科学突破，这种理解得到了显著增强。从事艺术和人文学科的作家、评论家和学者现在正转向生物科学、心理学、数学和计算机科学的新思维方式，重新考虑文学叙事中的个人和集体记忆。与此同时，许多科学家承认通过小说和人文方法学提供的创造性想法和伦理和解释学观点的好处。记忆网络（MN）汇集了研究人员，作者和组织，以激发和推动关于记忆的原始思维方式。许多重要的当代作家已经与科学进行了充满活力的对话，并为MN的活动提供了重要的起点：例如，Ian McEwan和Will Self的星期六（2005年）和The Book of Dave（2006年）的神经科学研究; Margaret Atwood和Kazuo Ishiguro关于“后人类”对人类记忆的影响的思考;特里·普拉切特（Terry Pratchett）对理解渐进性阿尔茨海默氏症对他写作的影响的探索;哈尼夫·库里希（Hanif Kureishi）对理解物质和心灵如何相关的兴趣。该网络的目标之一是发展和培育一个对记忆研究的跨学科方法感兴趣的思想家社区，开放彼此之间以及与公众的交流。它还将刺激新的创造性工作，我们特别热衷于积极参与这个社区及其各种辩论的生活作家。我们将鼓励学术界、创意作家和艺术家以及公众之间开展对话。将以多种方式鼓励互动。首先，在一个名为“记忆的未来”的研讨会（由威康信托基金资助）之后，MN将在计划的第一年举办一系列免费讲座，记忆实验，小组讨论和互动研讨会。这些活动将涉及的主题包括科学和心理地理学，记忆，食物和现象学，记忆和新媒体，记忆和预测，人类和人工智能记忆，以及写作，衰老和遗忘。一个名为“记忆库”的网站将支持核心成员和公众之间的讨论和通信，以应对这些事件。最后，记忆网络将出版两部合作作品：一部名为《记忆的未来：新千年笔记》的“宣言”，以及一部名为《记忆、文学和科学》的编辑文集。记忆网络以文学研究为核心，其大多数初始成员都来自英语系，他们对记忆和叙事有着既定或新兴的研究兴趣。此外，来自其他学科的主要研究人员将作为积极成员或以顾问身份加入。目前，该网络主要基于来自英国和北美的贡献者，但其最后阶段的另一个目标是在更广泛的背景下，以欧洲和全球为重点，在一个重要的国际会议上达到高潮。