Beyond Names and Dates
Course Four
What is Memorythe power or process of remembering what has been learned; something remembered, kept in the mind for later recall; something remembered from the past; a recollection?
“Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information. It’s how the brain processes, stores, and recalls information, allowing us to remember past experiences, learn new things, and make future plans.” AI (Artificial Intelligence) Overview)
Even though our ancestors are no longer alive, we can bring their “memories” to our present time, in a posthumous way. Finding parallel discourses (see Glossary) is an interesting way to discover memories that ancestors may have had during their lifespan. We know that all people’s memories of the same event are not the same. There are always variations in what people “see” and experience. Studying a variety of parallel discourses from several people’s written or photo memories of events allows us to make assumptions about what happened in our ancestors’ lives during their real time. In other words, what “memories” they may have had.
The four lessons in the What is Memory? course can help you think outside the box and locate documented sources from qualitative datadata that cannot be measured: research from diaries, journals, interviews, archival information, etc. More (descriptive information) that you find.
Course Workbook Required: Beyond Names and Dates