A practical guide · Free non-fiction
Memory Continuity
Non-fiction · Family · Memory
A photograph can survive while the story behind it disappears. Memory Continuity explores how families can keep names, relationships and meaning connected to the things they save, with manageable steps for protecting digital memories and passing them on.
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Before you begin
Keep the story connected.
Saving a photograph is one task. Preserving enough understanding for someone else to recognise the people, relationships and moments within it is another.
This short book draws on Post-Social’s writing about memory continuity. It follows three illustrative generations through practical examples, from adding context to a photograph to preparing a small family archive and navigating locked devices and accounts.
No specialist knowledge is needed. Begin with one photograph, one story and someone who can help explain it.
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Inside the book
- 01Introduction
- 021 What survives and what disappears
- 032 The people behind the photograph
- 043 The Memory Pyramid
- 054 How understanding slips away
- 065 When the archive becomes too large
- 076 Helping memories be discovered
- 087 The Six Pillars of Memory Continuity
- 098 The locked digital life
- 109 Making a small family archive work
- 1110 What we leave for the next person
- 12Sources and further reading