Architectures of Memory
The transitional situation that we are experiencing, which brings together a book culture with a culture of the screen, is gradually shifting us from a graphic reason to a computational one. In the same way that writing has made it possible to generate a particular mode of thought, where lists, tables and formulas have played a primordial role in the modeling of knowledge. With digital technology, other systems of knowledge are being invented, shaping of information and its transmission. Indeed, the development of the network, of a vast cyberspace, induces a particular rationality based on calculation rather than writing, which is the only way to make it intelligible. It is therefore understandable that memory architectures, in their contemporary, essentially digital, actualization are at the heart of a transformation of the human mind. It is still too early to determine exactly what is going on with this transformation, but it is important now to trace the contours of this situation and to explore trails that may mark out some of its most salient aspects.
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Georges Didi-Huberman
Georges Didi-Huberman est **philosophe et historien de l’art**, enseignant à l’**EHESS (Paris)**. Spécialiste de la **théorie critique** et de l’histoire des images, il est l’auteur de nombreux essais qui croisent philosophie, esthétique et politique. Son œuvre, marquée par une approche à la fois rigoureuse et poétique, interroge les rapports entre **art, mémoire et émancipation**. *Gestes critiques* s’inscrit dans cette démarche, offrant une réflexion originale sur la puissance transformatrice de la pensée.
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