Mnemosyne: the Memory Collective is a newly formed collective for historians, archaeologists, artists, and other creators and educators dedicated to sharing content about and featuring the ancient world that is accurate, accessible, and inclusive.
Named for the ancient Greek goddess of memory and mother of the famed Muses, Mnemosyne aka the Memory Collective’s intention is to share stories and accounts of the ancient world about everyone who lived it and for everyone living now. The word ‘history’, ἱστορία (historia), originally meant to inquire, to seek knowledge. But up until the last few decades the study and appreciation of the ancient world and the definition of what is ‘history’ was focused on and by the White Western Men who formed the discipline and its interpretation in their own image. History is and has been determined by those whose voices were believed to be worth preserving; it has been interpreted by those whose voices were accepted by the privileged few permitted into the field. Now more than ever accurate and contextualized history should be interpreted and shared by and for the rest of us. History should be accessible beyond the financial and structural confines of academia, it should be accessible in all senses of the word.
The Memory Collective is part podcast network and part mutual support collective founded by the creator and producer of the hit podcast Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! which has been educating millions of listeners on Greek mythology and the ancient Mediterranean for nearly eight years. Liv Albert (host and creator of LTAMB) and Michaela Pangowish (producer and lead researcher) lend their years of experience to the Memory Collective with the goal of finding and amplifying creators and educators examining history with a modern curiosity.
Co-founder and creator of LTAMB, Liv Albert says “Now more than ever we should be learning from the past, both its lessons and mistakes. The Western World, and History itself, was not established with everyone in mind, it was made for a select few (male) individuals. Without addressing that in how we study and share history, we’ll never be able to move beyond those exclusionary ideals to create a more equitable society.”
