Karl Galinsky

Reading this book formed part of research on memory retention and cultural memory through permanent objects over successive generations of human occupancy of the same geographic locations. This well-researched compilation explores bonds between humans with object intermediaries, the deep relationships between Greek and Roman daily life, how physical art and structures form part of daily interaction and conversation, and changing concepts and culture in both elite and average lives, as well as political and local social and private memories. Suggested reading for lessons from the past when creating public spaces for cultural memory, and spaces for cultural objects, and to provoke considerations of how time, changes in values and interpretations affect these efforts. A comprehensive and excellent bibliography.… (more)