Nautilus explores the forces that shape collective memory
Why are some historical figures remembered across the world, while others remain familiar mainly within their own country? In Nautilus, Kristen French interviews César Hidalgo about four forces that shape collective memory: technology, territory, language and time.
The article discusses Cultural proximity reveals a local premium in collective memory, by Mariana Macedo, Melanie Oyarzun, Cristian Candia and César Hidalgo, published in PNAS Nexus. It also connects these findings with earlier research on how collective attention fades over time.
Cristian Candia
Associate Professor, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. Director of CRiSS-LAB.
Cristian Candia is a computational social scientist studying human and collective behavior with large-scale data, network science, experiments, and AI.