New Memorial Landscapes in the American South: An Introduction

Alderman, Derek H.

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“…But St. Florian surely did not intend his design to be associated with imperial authority. J. Carter Brown, chairman of The Commission of Fine Arts lamented the "Speer Smear" as inaccurate and mean (Brown, November 10, 2001 These comments resonate with recent literature that critically examines the production and design of memorials (Bodnar, 1992;Young, 1993;Linenthal, 1995;Osborne, 1998;Alderman, 2000;Crane;, Glassberg, 2001.…”

Section: Debate Over the Designmentioning

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“…In addition, whether or not these decision-makers realized it, their decision to locate the memorial in a prominent location that has traditionally been used as a public forum or recreational space reflects an increasing prioritization of commemoration over the Mall's other uses. In this respect, the story of the World War II Memorial not only shaped how the public views and values the past, it also reveals a great deal about the interests, concerns, and choices of those in the present (Alderman, 2000;also Mills, 2004).…”

Section: Part Ii: the Iconography Of The Mallmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Memorials and other forms of heritage are created in a social/political context where culture, location, class, power, religion, gender and even sexual orientation will influence what is considered to be worthy of preserving as heritage (Graham et al, 2000). Because heritage, national identity, and memory are socially constructed, they are also inherently contested (Alderman, 2000;Dwyer, 2000;K. Mitchell, 2003).…”

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Politics, Public Space, and Memorials: The Brawl on the Mall

Benton–Short

2006

Urban Geography

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This paper examines recent proposals for memorials and monuments on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Demands for memorials are increasingly at odds with the Mall's important role as open green space and public protest space. This article analyzes the broader issues embodied in the competing purposes of this highly visible public space by considering the recent controversy over the World War II Memorial. The controversy focused primarily on the location of the memorial. Opponents contended the World War II Memorial would interrupt or destroy the iconography of the National Mall. Supporters argued that the location selected for the memorial was consistent with its importance in U.S. history and that it deserved such a prized location in the central axis between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. The article then analyzes the politics behind the site selection, and examines the debate about the impact of the memorial's location. It concludes that the location of the memorial was not accidental but intentional, and thereby reveals a purposeful re-writing of the Mall's symbolic space to suit a specific vision of the war and its meaning in American history. The article also contends that the location of the memorial represents an emerging social-political agenda that is prioritizing the Mall as a place of commemoration at the expense of open space, and, perhaps, at the expense of public protest space. [

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Politics, Public Space, and Memorials: The Brawl on the Mall

Benton–Short

2006

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“…This area of Richmond has been the site of over a century of public battles over the white supremacy expressed by the memorialization of Confederate heroes (Leib ). The importance of memorialization to the regional identity of the South is well documented (Alderman ; Moore ; Winberry ), giving these public battles over who and what should be memorialized special significance; in majority‐Black Richmond, these battles centered on race. While the Fight for $15 march down Monument Avenue made no explicit call to de‐memorialize Confederate heroes, organizers drew on the complicated history in order to publicize the argument that “racial justice is indivisible from economic justice” (Fight for $15 :15).…”

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The $15 Wage Movement Moves South: Politics of Region in Labor Union Campaigns

Brown

2017

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The North American labor movement continues to wrestle with the challenges of organizing workers in the US South. This article explores the contradictory position of the South in the contemporary labor movement, using the circulation of the $15 minimum wage to ground the analysis. By problematizing the place of the South in US labor, this article contributes to efforts to complicate the geographic imaginaries of the South and to our understanding of the contemporary labor movement's expansionary projects. Drawing on qualitative interviews and participant observation in Greensboro and Durham, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia, I trace the abstract circulation of organizational resources, strategies, and tactics of the $15 wage movement into, throughout, and back out of the South.

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“…My analysis builds on, but deviates from, considerable recent geographic literature on how monuments (and other sites of memory) embody commemorative conflicts (see Alderman 2000a;Johnson 2002;K Mitchell 2003 for representative overviews). First, as with much, but not all, recent work focusing on geography and memory, I intentionally focus my analysis on monumental forms placed en plein air, in nontraditional locations.…”

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In Sight, Out of View: A Tale of Three Monuments

Burk

2006

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Three monuments in Vancouver, British Columbia, located closely in time and geography and all concerning violence, were created not by one, but rather by three separate groups of advocates. Given that in each case the advocates were drawn from the socially marginalized, it would seem logical that the groups would have had to work together to accomplish something as complex as gaining access to public space with the permanence of monuments. But instead, a close examination of the development and uses of these three monuments reveals the profundity of several mechanisms of social distance. Those noted here include (a) the intransigence of structures of social exclusion, (b) the dispossession caused by the legacy of colonialism, and (c) the nature of trauma. In this essay, I argue that these mechanisms each created specific dynamics that amplified, rather than reduced, barriers between the three groups of advocates. Following an introduction to the Vancouver neighbourhood and each monument, I detail how each mechanism worked to show that what is in sight may nevertheless be out of view.Within 12 city blocks in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada, three monuments were erected within a year of each other. In that all three monuments were dedicated nearly concurrently and, given that each is about daily violence (and two about violence against women), it would seem most likely that those who worked to bring these monuments into existence must have cooperated to cope with the intricacies of city planning offices, neighbourhood reception, and coalitions of imagined communities. This becomes even more likely considering who built these monuments-in each case, the advocates were drawn from the socially marginalized, not the socially powerful. It would seem ''strength in numbers'' would have been critical to succeed. But here, what appears logical is entirely wrong. Instead, a close examination of these three monuments reveals the profundity of mechanisms of social distance. In this essay, I argue that these mechanisms work in often counterintuitive ways. Those noted here include (a) the intransigence of structures of social exclusion, (b) the dispossession caused by the legacy of colonialism, and (c) the nature of trauma. Each created specific dynamics that amplified, rather than reduced, barriers between the three groups of advocates and impaired their ability to work on their monuments as part of a linked, unified project. But, before detailing how these mechanisms of social distance

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New Memorial Landscapes in the American South: An Introduction

Abstract: he creation of memorial landscapes is an increasingly popular area of study within geography (e.g.

Cited by 19 publications

References 11 publications

Politics, Public Space, and Memorials: The Brawl on the Mall

Politics, Public Space, and Memorials: The Brawl on the Mall

The $15 Wage Movement Moves South: Politics of Region in Labor Union Campaigns

In Sight, Out of View: A Tale of Three Monuments

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