In the multidisciplinary field of memory studies, remembering and forgetting have mainly been analyzed following two ideal-typical models: memory-as-containment (exemplified by the notions of framework and site of memory) and memory-as-flow (epitomized by the notions of afterlife and mnemohistory). These two models are often presented as mutually exclusive and counterposed. Yet, in linking past with present, and when connecting different spaces and generations, memory is always the result of circulation (flow) as well as of local semiotic conditions of production and use (containment). By investigating memory-making and oblivion-making in processes of interpretation, the semiotic perspective elaborated by Umberto Eco allows us to envision memory-as-containment and memory-as-flow in a combined analysis, where the twofold conception of memory – either as movement or as form – merges. The aim of this article is, then, to provide an interpretative theory of memory, and to identify and describe the methodological tools capable of implementing such an approach. The memory of the former Italian concentration camp of Fossoli will serve as an exemplary and illustrative case study.

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记忆的符号学理论：在运动和形式之间*

在记忆研究的多学科领域中，记忆和遗忘主要通过两种理想的典型模型进行分析：作为包容的记忆（以记忆框架和地点的概念为例）和作为流动的记忆（由概念概括来世和记忆历史）。这两种模型通常表现为相互排斥和对立。然而，在连接过去和现在，连接不同的空间和世代时，记忆总是循环（流动）以及生产和使用（包含）的当地符号条件的结果。通过研究解释过程中的记忆制作和遗忘制作，Umberto Eco 阐述的符号学观点使我们能够在组合分析中设想记忆作为包容和记忆作为流动，记忆的双重概念——无论是作为运动还是作为形式——融合在一起。因此，本文的目的是提供一种解释性的记忆理论，并确定和描述能够实施这种方法的方法论工具。Fossoli 前意大利集中营的记忆将作为示范性和说明性的案例研究。