Live! Starting Conversations: The Manhattan Project
Channel: New Mexico Humanities Council
Date: 2021-09-24

This session was the final part in our Starting Conversations series "History, Memory and Public Space," which investigated how historical narratives are shaped within communities of diverse perspectives. Facilitator Raffi Andonian specifically examined how public sites and community memory play a key role in history as a subject. The series culminated in this live panel discussion and Q&A using Los Alamos as a case study. The creation of the atomic bomb changed the course of world events, and there are many differing views on what we can learn from the consequences---good and bad---of it. Each scholar on this panel discussion came with their own unique personal ties to the Manhattan Project, and examined the historical legacy of such a globally impactful endeavor from their lived experiences. 

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