Acts of heritage, acts of value: memorialising at the Chattri Indian Memorial, UK

Ashley, Susan L.T.

doi:10.1080/13527258.2016.1167107

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“…They circumvent Foote's () sanctification concept because, though they may tangibly memorialize a disaster, they do not venerate personal heroism, martyrdom, or survivorship. These commemorations, instead, more closely resemble historical tours (Hanna and others ), cultural ceremonies (Ashley ), and pilgrimages (Azaryahu and Foote ), which fuse materiality, performance, affect, and positionality to do powerful memory work. Comprising these same ingredients, event‐based and place‐based commemorations are distinguished by the means and the ends of their memory work.…”

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“…Situated along a path containing poignant yet normative recovery motifs (Wasserman ; Eyre ; Veil and others ), the Butterfly People memorial is unique. It depicts accounts of “angels that protected children from the storm.” As the text suggests, these consistent and miraculous memories gave “peace and hope to a community so badly hurt.” To render an affective memory, this simple steel placard relies on more than the communicative power of its words alone; it also engages intertextually with preceding memorial displays (Dwyer and Alderman 2007), constructing an embodied memory as visitors traverse the commemorative path (Ashley ).…”

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“…Meanwhile in Biloxi, three factors produced heterogeneous memories about the neighborhood: heritage, time, and solastalgia. Distinct heritagization practices imagined the Point's historic sense of place by anchoring and valuating the past relative to each individual's cultural identity (Lowenthal ; Phillips and others ; Ashley ). Furthermore, the dominant time period in a group's collective memory (that is, when their impression on the Point's landscape and community life was most pronounced) shaped their nostalgic commemorations (Lowenthal ).…”

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“…Both types of commemorations aid community healing and are vital to the social, psychological, and cultural recovery of affected communities (Erikson ). Recognizing their importance, scholars have studied disaster memorial texts as landscapes of tragedy (Foote ), psychological coping mechanisms (Moulton ), symbols of renewal (Veil and others ), sites of touristic consumption (Miller 2017), and dynamic cultural reflections of their creators (Ashley ).…”

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Patterns of disaster commemoration in long‐term recovery

Zavar

Schumann

2019

Geographical Review

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The postdisaster landscape is replete with memorials that help communities collectively remember destructive events and recover psychologically. Although commemoration is intrinsic to all stages of recovery, little research from the disaster‐science field engages memorial texts across disasters. Meanwhile, a rich body of work on memorials and their functions exists in the cultural geographic tradition. Drawing from this literature, the current study examines a sample of U.S.‐based memorials to discern patterns within the postdisaster commemorative landscape. This research leverages discourse analysis to interrogate the meanings and mechanics of postdisaster memory work. Findings revealing that disasters catalyze remembrances that remake places, postdisaster memorial texts construct wide‐ranging degrees of intimacy, and memorials distilling survivor memories impel community recovery differently than memorials that reconstruct imagined pasts. These identified patterns in postdisaster commemoration enable further systematic exploration of memory work in the long‐term recovery process.

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2019

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“…Within Heritage Studies, this move has most commonly been examined in relation to museums and heritage sites, often exploring tourists' and visitors' responses to exhibitions and monuments of remembrance (e.g. Smith 2017, Golańska 2015, Ashley 2016, Savenije and de Bruijn 2017, Waterton and Watson 2014. Furthermore, as Yarker (2017, 238) notes, much of this literature has focused on the spectacular and traumatic (see also Smith and Campbell 2016, 449 for a similar observation).…”

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Views, use and reception of visualisations of development proposals impacting cultural heritage

Skrede

Hølleland

Risbøl

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International Journal of Heritage Studies

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Gro.Jerpasen@asker.kommune.no 2 Views, use and reception of visualisations of development proposals impacting cultural heritageVisualisations of land-use projects have become an important part of the planning process. Using a survey of heritage professionals' attitudes towards visualisations as a starting point, this article addresses tensions between the expressed usefulness of visualisations and critical attitudes towards the lack of 'objectivity' of visual representation and the risk of manipulation for strategic purposes. Moving from the survey, the article discusses how visual representations of development proposals became part of a Norwegian public dispute over the expansion of a shopping centre in a historic town. Furthermore, our aim is to introduce a social semiotic approach for analysing visualisations at historic sites. Finally, we discuss some theoretical implications of negotiating visualisations, with emphasis on the recent debate about representational and non-representational theories in heritage studies.Keywords: Visualisations; heritage; land-use planning; social semiotics; objectivity; nonrepresentational theory IntroductionThere is a long tradition for using visualisations in land-use planning and impact assessments in both urban and rural areas. Indeed, images are strong policy instruments and often central in the process leading to decision-making in land-use planning. Thus, the use of visualisations deserves critical attention. Yet, visualisations are more often dealt with in relation to creativity and design, rather than heritage. 1 This article addresses the gap by firmly situating visualisation within the field of heritage studies.Starting from a survey on heritage professionals' use of and attitudes towards visualisation, we examine why and how visualisations can be a significant part of heritage disputes. Inspired by 'social semiotics', we explore possible ways to 'read' visualisations and discuss how they and their materialisations have been read and received by heritage professionals and in newspaper debates.1 For some exceptions, see e.g. Watson and Waterton (2010), Waterton and Watson (2014). 3The article starts by situating the practice of visualisation before theorising visualisation, drawing on social semiotics and non-representational theory. This is followed by a brief description of the methods and sources used before the data is presented. Prior to discussing the results of the survey and the case study of Brotorvet, we briefly introduce the planning framework of Norway, drawing attention to how visualisations may be used as part of the planning process. Finally, the article is concluded by a discussion on the theoretical framing of visualisation. Introducing visualisationThere has been an increased interest in cultural heritage and landscape in the last two decades 4With the increased development pressures in urban and rural areas alike, visualisation becomes an ever-important means of presenting the potential impact of development projects and informing decision-making....

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