Article 087 - The Focus of the Cultural Memory of Britain in 2014

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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Email: iankwhittaker@gmail.com

31/07/2014

14/10/2020

525 words over 4 pages