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Activist Memory

Activist Memory is a theoretical construct that refers to the collective processes by which marginalized communities preserve, transmit, and mobilize historical experiences of resistance and social struggle to inform and sustain contemporary activist practices.

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94

Authors

74

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2017–2026

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Publications

82

Movements and Memory: The Making of the Stonewall Myth

Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Suzanna M. Crage · American Sociological Review · 2006 · 511 citations

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Remembering Hope: Transnational activism beyond the traumatic

Ann Rigney · Memory Studies · 2018 · 309 citations · Full text

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The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project: Counter Mapping and Oral History toward Bay Area Housing Justice

Manissa McCleave Maharawal, Erin McElroy · Annals of the American Association of Geographers · 2017 · 216 citations

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Street names and the scaling of memory: the politics of commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr within the African American community

Derek H. Alderman · Area · 2003 · 180 citations

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Artistic and activist memory-work: Approaching place-based practice

Karen E. Till · Memory Studies · 2007 · 166 citations

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Authors

94

  1. AR
    Ann Rigney

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 396 citations

    3

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  2. AF
    Alfred F. Young

    Southern Methodist University, United States

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  3. MB
    Manuela Badilla Rajevic

    University of Valparaíso, Chile

    2 publications · 32 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. AH
    Andreas Huyssen

    Columbia University, United States

    1 publications · 74 citations

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  5. EL
    Elizabeth Lira

    Universidad Diego Portales, Chile

    1 publications · 28 citations

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Institutions

74

  1. San Diego State University

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  4. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  5. Southern Methodist University

    Dallas, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  6. California State University, Fresno

    Fresno, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  7. Rijksmuseum

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    234 citations

  8. Tallinn University

    Tallinn, Estonia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

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Venues

  1. Memory Studies

    8 publications · 607 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 290 citations

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  3. Journal of American History

    4 publications · 196 citations

    4

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  4. Social movement studies

    3 publications · 161 citations

    3

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  5. Social & Cultural Geography

    3 publications · 151 citations

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