Agonistic Memory

The concept of agonistic memory was developed with the purpose of overcoming a worrying lack of interaction between the cosmopolitan mode and the antagonistic way of remembering. Its aim is to revitalize democracy through the promotion of dissonance and critical reflection, thereby focusing on reconstructing the historical context while shedding a light upon the different viewpoints, emotions, and passions of social and political agents and allowing for contrasting voices to be heard and listened to. Agonistic memory is an action-oriented theory which encourages scholars to explore the scope and feasibility of agonistic memory practices in a variety of settings and to engage with cultural, artistic, and educational agents as well as social movements and governments involved in memory politics.