ABSTRACT

This concluding chapter recapitulates the findings of the three empirical studies presented in this book. It also summarises what sociocultural psychology brings to the study of how we represent history by discussing five ideas that can be applied to collective memory, understanding it as a symbolic resource, as constructed in dialogues, as a developmental process, as a thinking process, and as a tool to think about the world. Finally, the practical implications of this work for education, policy, and society are discussed.