ISSN 2756-3456
Global Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 3 (1), pp. 001-006 January, 2014. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Private memories and their public context: Methodological reflections on individual and group memory
R. E. S. Tanner
Institute of Missiology, Nijmegan, Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected].
Accepted 18 May, 2010
Abstract
In terms of social science needs, memory is a plastic faculty which may be able to provide a limited range of accessible and assessable hard ‘facts’, but which in reality are in a continuous process of change to fit in with their owners’ current needs.
Key words: Memory, adaptation, change, unreliability.