Az élők háza : a közösségi emlékezet valós és virtuális terei a makói izraelita temetők példáján

We settle in an environment and regard it as ours by way of attributing mean-ing to its elements. At times, we attribute several different meanings to the same spaces. Present paper studies the representations of the community of Makó. A traditional community whose members were forced to emigrate and which has since then thoroughly changed is recorded, reformulated and preserved by selective means of globalised mass communication. The digital-visual represen-tation – which in itself represents the thorough change of globalizing communi-cation – used by a community emphasizing its traditionalism becomes a part of its answer to change, as a guarantee of immutability. Selecting and using new means and phenomena in maintaining tradition in a globalised context – with help of technology, mass communication and public transport – helps bridging and connecting disintegrated spaces. Photos sent attached to email circulars and preserved in a digital form strengthen the feeling of belonging to community, at the same time eliminating the distance in time and space between members of the community