Constructing Sites of Memory
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This book explores what geographical sites as places of memory can communicate that is substantially different to that available in other forms, such as books, video, and the internet. With a series of chapters analysing a separate memory project relating to slavery, the Cold War and political persecution, the author examines a series of Lieux de Mémoire as three-dimensional places upon which a certain kind of cultural ritual is enacted, and in which a 'spirit of the site' is experienced that makes people feel that they share past experiences; as if being in the same space once inhabited by o...
This book explores what geographical sites as places of memory can communicate that is substantially different to that available in other forms, such as books, video, and the internet. With a series of chapters analysing a separate memory project relating to slavery, the Cold War and political persecution, the author examines a series of Lieux de Mémoire as three-dimensional places upon which a certain kind of cultural ritual is enacted, and in which a 'spirit of the site' is experienced that makes people feel that they share past experiences; as if being in the same space once inhabited by others can, to an extent, collapse time and provide direct access to history.
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