Over the last decades, Western societies which have experienced political violence have debated the political effects entailed by remembering/forgetting this past. In this context, from the early 90s onwards, memory policies have become a field of study for the social sciences. Through theoretical work, the present article aims to advance the notion that politics of memory, in contrast with what is usually held, can be produced not only via strategic actions that spring from political-institutional spheres but also as a result of unplanned and spontaneous actions emerging from quotidian space. This notion is supported by the fact that remembering in everyday life, apart from invoking the past in a conflict-ridden setting, also produces positionings which generate an ordering of hegemonies and resistances revolving around that which is remembered and the place assigned to it in the present.
politics of memory; everyday life; strategic actions; tactical actions