Kofi Boone, M. Elen Deming

Gebundenes Buch

Empty Pedestals

Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design

Herausgeber: Boone, Kofi; Deming, M Elen

Beschreibung

Uses a design perspective to explore how monuments to the Confederacy speak to regionalism, racist political agendas, and residual collective pain. Above all, Empty Pedestals lifts up the voices of people who have confronted hateful narratives and devised strategies that stand up to, and apart from, old mythologies.

Autor

Kofi Boone is the Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at North Carolina State University. He works in the overlap between landscape architecture and environmental justice, with specializations in democratic design and cultural landscapes. M. Elen Deming is professor of landscape architecture and director of the Doctor of Design program at the College of Design at North Carolina State University. She is an essayist and editor who considers how society shapes, and is in turn shaped by, its cultural landscapes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LSU Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 221mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 872g
• ISBN-13: 9780807181560
• ISBN-10: 0807181560
• Artikelnr.: 69309546