ICTs and Remembering the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Britain: An Occasion for Celebration or Remorse?

This paper will take the 2007 commemoration of the bicentenary of the abolition of the trans‐Atlantic slave trade by the United Kingdom as a case study to explore some of the dynamics that are generated when Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are used to shape social memory. Halbwach&...

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Published in:Journal of historical sociology 2012-06, Vol.25 (2), p.223-243
Main Author: HUGHES, CHRISTOPHER R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abolition of slavery
Case studies
Celebrations
Ceremonies
Collective memory
Commemoration
Communication
Communications technology
England
European history
Gestures
Information and communication technologies
Information technology
Interpersonal communication
Memories
Memory
Philosophy
Remorse
Rites & ceremonies
Slave trade
Slavery
Social groups
Social memory
Sociology
Technological Change
Telecommunications
Trade
United Kingdom
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