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Free sign upThe phrase "act of memory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the process of recalling or remembering something, often in a reflective or analytical context.
Example: "The act of memory is crucial in understanding how we form our identities over time."
Alternatives: "process of recollection" or "memory recall".
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It is an act of memory.
That the whole novel is her act of memory?
The book is itself an act of memory.
That reflexive act of memory also colours the great political schisms of our times.
It wasn't a stunt: it was a representation of the act of memory.
The genius of "Follies" is its ability to capture the very act of memory and its distortions in music.
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All the usual funeral arrangements were duly made, my twin brother Michael and I wrote and delivered a double act of memories of her at the service, and thus, as it has to be, my mother began to slip from the now into family history.
The people of the Vendée were victims, first of genocide, then again of an act of memory-cide.
More importantly, collecting these stories is an act of memory-preservation, because the members of the first colony had been largely forgotten (as had the colony itself), even among their descendants.
Top image: Acts of Memory VIII, 1999.
What aesthetic structures facilitate acts of memory transfer?
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