Autobiographical memory: An encounter between memory, self and language

The paper deals with the indissoluble relation between self, language and autobiographical memory, Historically, academic psychology has approached self and memory as separate areas of inquiry, with one domain largely ignoring the other. Fortunately, this situation has begun to change and research investigating self and memory has started to highlight the nature of this relation, specifically in the area of autobiographical memory The present study is articulated around the story of a series of encounters, specifically, the encounter between self and memory, and between self and language, and indeed on the role that these encounters play in how autobiographical memories are shaped. Autobiographical memory is conceptualised as a type of memory that emerges from the social and cultural practice of co-constructing and narrating stories that structure and give sense to our personal experiences in order to develop a historical and Cultural self.