About the Memory Lab
The Memory Lab is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of memory, integrating human, sociocultural and ecological perspectives of memory with creative practices. It offers a creative and scholarly space for exploring memory formation, memory sharing, design interventions, and artistic expression. Engaging with recall through diverse mediums and methodologies, the lab fosters innovative approaches to understanding memory.
Objectives
Memory is crucial in shaping cultural identity, fostering social cohesion, enhancing learning and education, facilitating reflection, promoting well-being, and enriching personal experiences. It serves as a foundational element in understanding and navigating human life and interactions.
The Memory Lab is a space to comprehensively understand the role of memory through methodology that’s explorative, experimental and insightful in its approach. The lab aims to explore the formation and commemoration of collective memory, the influence of cultural narratives on memory, and the contribution of personal and oral histories to a broader understanding of events that shape our lives – further extending into scouting in distinctive methods that contribute to collective memory.
Additionally, it seeks to explore the cognitive processes involved in autobiographical visual memory retrieval, and its overlap with the imagination, visualization and creative assistance provided to design and arts practices. The Memory Lab also strives to explore and investigate the creation and understanding of interactive digital engagements while examining the intersection of memory with areas like brand building, digital interfaces, visual documentation, filmmaking, AI and storytelling.
