GRAPPLING WITH MONUMENTS OF OPPRESSION : moving from analysis to.

Format Book
Publication Info[S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2025.
Subjects
Memorialization--Social aspects. --Case studies.
Monuments--Social aspects. --Case studies.
Slavery--Atlantic Ocean Region. --History.
Slave trade--Atlantic Ocean Region. --History.
Imperialism--Social aspects. --Case studies.
Decolonization.
Collective memory.

Contents Introduction: Remaking monuments and memories / by Christopher C.Fennell -- Addressing community trauma through the framework of controversial monuments and monuments of oppression / by Cequyna Moore -- Un-ringing the bell : how to silence oppressive monuments / by Daisy Dixon -- Landscapes of slavery and colonialism : creating, embracing, and erasing the past in the Gambia and Senegal / by Liza Gijanto -- Cherbourg beyond the seas : an invisible monument and the colonial past in a former French imperial port city / by Stephanie Valognes -- Place of punishment or monument? Colonial politics and the memory of slavery in Brazil / by Francisco Andrade and Roberto Conduru -- Shipwrecks, the Middle Passage, and Jim Crow : the signatures ofsystemic racism and injustice at two maritime historical sites / byJames P. Delgado -- Confronting lost cause memorialization in SouthCarolina / by Orville Vernon Burton -- Notice is hereby given : thecommemorative to enslaved peoples of Southern Maryland / by Julia King -- A re-vision of Confederate monuments the art and activism ofJohn Sims / by Diane Wallman and Uzi Baram -- Comemmorating an American genocide : Catharine's Town and the 1779 Sullivan Expedition against the Haudenosaunee / by Mary Ann Levine and James A. Delle -- Decolonizing monument making in Newark, New Jersey : The Harriet Tubman Memorial / by Noelle Lorraine Williams, James Amemasor, Michael J. Gall, and Christopher N. Matthews.
Abstract "Grappling with Monuments of Oppression provides a timely analysis of the diverse approaches being used around the world to confront colonial and imperial monuments and to promote social equity. Presenting 12 interdisciplinary, international case studies, this volume explores the ways in which the materiality of social domination can be combated. With contributions from activists, scholars, artists, and policymakers, the book envisions the theme of restorative justice in heritage and archaeology as encompassing initiatives for the reconciliation of past societal transgressions using processes that are multivocal, dialogic, historically informed, community based, negotiated, and transformative. Arguing that monuments to historical figures who engaged in oppressive regimes provide rich opportunities for dialog and negotiation, chapters within the book demonstrate that, by confronting these monuments, citizens can envision new ways to address the context and significance of the figures they memorialize and the many people who were targets of their oppression. Contributorsto the book also provide a toolkit of methods and strategies for addressing the continuing structures of social domination. Grappling with Monuments of Oppression will be essential reading for academics and students working in heritage studies, archaeology, anthropology,material culture studies, landscape analysis, and museum studies. It will also be of great interest to practitioners and activists around the world"-- Provided by publisher.
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