Starting Conversations: History, Memory, and Public Space: Memorials and Monuments
Channel: New Mexico Humanities Council
Date: 2021-04-23

Starting Conversations: History, Memory and Public Space is a series that addresses how differing historical perspectives shape our present and future. In this second installment of the series we introduce the subject of memory.

How does memory influence history? It is undeniable that individual and collective memories bring to bear layered, nuanced understandings of historical events that continue to shape our lives in the present in complex ways. In this conversation with Scott Hartwig and Heather McClenahan, we explore this broad question by thinking through historical monuments, their construction and reinforcement of history through memory. 

Further reading: 
Creating Space for Conflicted Histories: https://raffiandonian.com/publications/

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