260 pages Edited by Malcolm Jacobson 24,1 x 16,5 cm Language: English Paperback Publisher: Stockholm University 2024
This thesis examines how meanings of the past are constructed through digital memory work, as well as how this process contributes to negotiations surrounding identities and boundaries between groups. This question is explored through an analysis of how graffiti writers use social media to maintain a collective memory. The participants are graffiti writers who are no longer young. Online, they share and discuss stories and photographs from their youth, reflecting on how graffiti has shaped their lives. In this process, they intertwine their individual memories to form a collective memory and develop arguments that present graffiti as a valuable cultural heritage worthy of preservation. This thesis provides cultural and sociological insights into how digital memory work can contribute to maintaining group cohesion over time. It also offers a better understanding of how digital memory work can (re)negotiate the meanings associated with aging.
