Communicative remembering refers to the ongoing process by which people actively
construct, negotiate, and share memories through everyday interactions, whether in face-
to-face conversation or via digital media. Rather than viewing memory as fixed or stored in
archives and monuments, this approach foregrounds remembering as something enacted
through conversation, storytelling, image-sharing, and participatory media practices. In
today’s media-rich environments, both the exchanges themselves and the technological
systems that filter, amplify, or automate them shape what and how we remember together.
Consider, for example, posting anniversary photos on Instagram or exchanging messages in
a family WhatsApp group. These ordinary acts help recall personal milestones and shape
what is shared, remembered, or valued today. This special collection explores such everyday
communications of memory and examines how platforms, algorithms, and AI are reshaping
the everydayness of both media and memory. Full piece can be read here.