“We are the Time”: the Dynamics of Time and the Sense of the Past in the Narratives of the Family Memory Part I

• Main Author: Линченко, Андрей Александрович
• Other Authors: РФФИ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Уральский федеральный университет имени первого Президента России Б.Н. Ельцина 2020
• Subjects: family memory; narrative interview; biographical method; family temporality; семейная память; нарративное интервью; биографический метод; семейная темпоральность; sami
• Online Access: https://tempusetmemoria.ru/article/view/4838

Based on the results of the analysis of the narrative interviews of three generations of residents of the city of Lipetsk, this article comprehended the features of the representation of family time, chronology and periodization, as well as the main types of events in family history. The methods of constructing time and eventfulness were analyzed in the context of cultural practices of everyday life, perceived as traditions of work, everyday life and leisure. On the basis of the biographical method of Fritz Schütze, positive and negative curves of biographical stories were identified, which were compared with the “family scenarios” represented in the narratives of the people of Lipetsk. The factor of age continues to play a decisive role both for the characteristics of the dynamics of time in family memory and for the chronology and periodization of events in family memory. It was found out that the presence of mythologized references to the high social status of ancestors in family memory was an important factor in expanding the temporal boundaries and it also contributed to the strengthening of the role and significance of the “historical background” of family chronology in all three age groups. On the basis of the interview materials, the features of “generational periodization” were analyzed, and the conclusion of Harald Welzer about the phenomenon of “cumulative heroization” as an important factor in the structuring of family temporality was confirmed.For citation: Linchenko, A. A. (2020). «My sami — vremya»: dinamika vremeni i smysl proshlogo v narrativakh semeinoi pamyati. Chast' I [“We are the Time”: the Dynamics of Time and the Sense of the Past in the Narratives of the Family Memory. Part I]. Tempus et Memoria, 1, 1–2, 53–67.Submitted: 31.08.2020Accepted: 30.10.2020 DOI 10.15826/tetm.2020.1-2.006На основе результатов анализа нарративных интервью трех поколений жителей г. Липецка в данной статье были осмыслены особенности репрезентации семейного времени, хронологии и периодизации, а также основные ...