Do Memes Change How We Remember History?
“Some memes may actually dissolve the original significance of iconic photographs and potentially degrade, rather than enhance, public culture.”
Jake Pitre is a freelance writer and academic based in Ottawa, Ontario. His work has appeared in Pitchfork, Real Life, Buzzfeed News, the Globe and Mail, Lapham's Quarterly, the Outline, and Hazlitt.
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