Ma(r)king memories: exploring embodied processes of remembering and forgetting temporal experiences

Figures & data

Table 1. Table of participants.

Pseudonym^a	Sex	Age	Occupation	Number of tattoos
Alfie	Male	47	Tattoo artist	7 (inc. half sleeve^b)
Arctic Owl	Male	45	Dairy operative	5
Carmad	Female	42	Litigation officer	6
Jimbob	Male	41	Student mentor	12
John	Male	46	Contracts manager	2 (inc. half sleeve)
Louise	Female	42	Care agency manager	7
Mike	Male	21	Supermarket assistant	9 (inc. leg piece^c)
Sirius	Male	40	Monitoring centre supervisor	11
Steve	Male	33	Betting shop manager	13 (inc. full sleeve)

^aPseudonyms chosen by the participants are used throughout the paper.

^bRefers to either half an arm or the full arm being tattooed.

^cRefers to a large proportion of a leg being tattooed.

Figure 1. Steve’s inscription of temporal acceleration (all photos are the first author’s own taken of participants’ tattoos with their permission).

Figure 2. Arctic Owl’s memorial tattoo.

Figure 3. Mike’s childhood memories.

Figure 4. Steve’s reminders of recovery.

Figure 5. Jimbob’s Eastern philosophy tattoo theme.