The Focus of the Cultural Memory of Britain in 2014
If any society is the sum of its cultural values obtained from its appreciations of beauty, its qualities, its values and its needs then an analysis of the age structure of Britain in 2014 produces an interesting insight into the focus of the cultural memory, sensory experience and communication.
Eras to Age Structure Major Events as Cultural Memory
1910 to 0%
1915 to 0.8% WW1
1920 to 1%
1925 to 2%
1930 to 3% World Economic Depression
1935 to 3%
1940 to 4% World War 2
Rationing
1945 to 5% World War 2
Nuclear Weapons
Hydrogen Weapons
Austerity
Welfare State
National Health Service
Mass Unemployment
Nationalization
Civil Works Projects
1950 to 6% Indo China War
Korean War
Suez Crisis
Vietnam War
First Commercial TV broadcasts
Cold war
1960 to 6%
1965 to 1995 7% England win Football World Cup
Entry into the EEC
European Law in Britain
De-Nationalization
Private Enterprise
‘Counter’ Cultures
‘Underground’ Cultures
‘Bohemian’ Cultures
Sectarian Cultures
Race Relations Riots
Race Relations Agreements
Women’s Rights
Feminism
Gay Rights
Sexual Revolutions
Legal Revolutions
Working Revolutions
Economic Revolutions
National Economic collapse
World Economic Collapse
Devolution of Countries
Decimalization
Art Revolutions
Religious Revolutions
Alternative Revolutions
Music Revolutions
Movie Revolutions
Literary Revolutions
Music Festivals
Revolution in Communications
Revolutions in Transport
Climate Change Identified
Environmentalist Movements
Fossil Fuel depletions identified
World Resource Depletions
UN Climate Agreements
Recreational Drug Use
Colonial Wars
Operation Banner in N. Ireland
Falklands War
Gulf War
Yugoslav Wars
Bosnia War
Kosovo War
Economic Wars
Terrorism and Anti-Terrorism
UN Anti-Terrorism Wars
Digital Communications
Open source computing
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Generational
Mobile Phones
Tablets, personal computers Wearable computers
World Wide Web
1995 to 6% Scottish and Welsh Parliaments
inaugurated
2000 to 6% Millennium Celebrations
International War against terrorism
following 9/11
Afghan War
Sierra Leone War
Iraq war
2005 to 6% World Economic Depression
following collapse of American
Mortgage and Lending Bank Sector
Iraq war
London Bombings
Northern Ireland Assembly created
Anti-Terrorism legislation
With drawl of troops from Iraq
Civil Partnerships give same sex
couples legality.
UN Climate Agreements to control
Global Warming
First Smart Phones
Tablet Computers
First ‘Open Source’ adaptable smart
phones
First Women Bishops Created
World Economic Depression
following collapse of
American Mortgage and Lending
Bank Sector
2010 to 6% World Economic Depression
following collapse of American
Mortgage and Lending Bank Sector
Coalition Government in Britain
4th Generation Mobile Phones
Smart Phones
Libyan War
Surveillance and Phone Hacking
Olympics and Paralympics
2014 to 6% Same Sex Marriage made legal
Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Scotland Independence Referendum
2015 to 0%
Source: Internet Sources and 2011 Census
The focus of the cultural memory of the majority of the population in Britain between 1965 to 1995.
It is a period of utopian then dystopian aspirations, anti-culture, revolutions, anarchy, political unrest, multiple world conflicts and mass communications.
This is then the core of the cultural memory, obtained from its appreciations of beauty, its qualities, its values and its needs of the current living population.
Ian K Whittaker
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31/07/2014
14/10/2020
525 words over 4 pages