Memory, Sound and Connections: Graph Theory and Spectral Analysis of Audio in the Study of Collective Memory

This paper presents the concept of using vocal intonation analysis as an important aspect of memory research in anthropology and history. Based on the methods of digital humanistics and the analysis of oral sources, the author offers a new perspective on the role of vocal characteristics in the study, formation and preservation of cultural and individual memory. The article discusses methods for analyzing and interpreting vocal intonations and their relationship to the evolution of the human capacity for cultural transmission of knowledge. The author considers the approach to the study of memory on the basis of network modeling based on the results of spectral and emotional analysis of oral sources, which is based on the representation of memory as a network of connected concepts and information.