Sfoglia Contributi in rivista / Contributions in journals and magazines per Soggetto "Monuments"

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    • A Matter of History' Or What to do With an Empty Plinth 

      Sentance, Nathan (N. Sentance, ‘A MATTER OF HISTORY’: Or What to do With an Empty Plinth, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 147-151, 2021)
      Can we engage in the discussion around colonial monuments if we not are prepared to engage in potentially uncomfortable conversations about our shared history? This commentary asks this and questions why we velementally ...

    • A Public History of monuments 

      Cauvin, Thomas <Université du Luxembourg> (2022)
      Recent controversies over monuments question not only who should be represented and commemorated in the public space but also who can decide whether to remove or not the monuments. In doing so, those controversies relate ...

    • Apples to Oranges? The American Monumental Landscape 

      Tebeau, Mark <Arizona State University, USA> (M. Tebeau, Apples to Oranges? The American Monumental Landscape, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 2, pp. 1-7, 2018)
      Grassroots activism has pushed cities across the United States to reconsider Confederate Monuments. Historians have played an important public role in those discussions. To date approximately 100 such monuments, of the ...

    • Christopher Columbus and Juana Azurduy: Revising and Revisiting Historical Monuments in Argentina 

      Lerer, Marisa <Manhattan College, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Art History, New York> (M. Lerer, Christopher Columbus and Juana Azurduy: Revising and Revisiting Historical Monuments in Argentina, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 1, pp. 1-5, 2018)
      This article examines the recent disputed, intertwined re-sitings of Arnaldo Zocchi’s Monument to Christopher Columbus (1910) and Andrés Zerneri’s Monument to Juana Azurduy (2015) in Buenos Aires. It analyzes issues of ...

    • Erasing History? Monuments as Archaeological Artefacts 

      Baxter, Claire (C. Baxter, Erasing History?: Monuments as Archaeological Artefacts, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp.1–3, 2021)
      Following work on a master’s thesis about relocating monuments, the author reflects on the way that public monuments form an archaeological record of a society, arguing that by thinking of monuments as archaeology rather ...

    • Fallen Monuments: An Introduction 

      Dean, David <Carleton University, Canada>
      This essay introduces the special section on Fallen Monuments. It explores the importance of monuments as one of the ways in which publics engage with the past and explains why they often become sites of debate and ...

    • Fallen Monuments: An Introduction 

      Dean, David <Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada> (D. Dean, Fallen Monuments: An Introduction «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 2, pp. 1-6, 2018)
      This essay introduces the special section on Fallen Monuments. It explores the importance of monuments as one of the ways in which publics engage with the past and explains why they often become sites of debate and ...

    • I giorni neri di Dorando 

      Montella, Fabio (F. Montella, "I giorni neri di Dorando", «Clionet. Per un senso del tempo e dei luoghi», 2023, n.7, 2023)
      A differenza di altri grandi campioni dello sport, come Maradona, la memoria di Dorando Pietri continua ad essere appiattita su una sola dimensione. Nuovi documenti dimostrano la sua partecipazione a spedizioni squadriste, ...

    • La République italienne et le patrimoine matériel du fascisme 

      Dematteo, Lynda (L. Dematteo, La République italienne et le patrimoine matériel du fascisme, «Passés Futurs», n.15 (2024), pp. 202-220, 2024)

    • Righting History: Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 

      Kiem, Paul <HTANSW> (P. Kiem, Righting History: Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 1-8., 2021)
      In recent years there has been ongoing controversy in the United States regarding monuments and place names commemorating the Confederate cause in the American Civil War. The following discussion focuses on Monument Avenue ...

    • Set in Stone? Dialogical Memorialisation and the Beginnings of Australia’s Statue Wars 

      Scates, Bruce (B. Scates, Set in Stone? Dialogical Memorialisation and the Beginnings of Australia’s Statue Wars, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp.1–12, 2021)
      Memorials to white explorers and pioneers long stood (virtually) unchallenged in the heart of Australia’s towns and cities. By occupying civic space, they served to legitimise narratives of conquest and dispossession, ...

    • Statue Wars 

      Ashton, Paul <University of Technology Sydney> (P. Ashton, Statue Warsm, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 1–12, 2021)

    • The Destruction of the Monument to Humanity: Historical Conflict and Monumentalization 

      Özbek, Egemen <Accademy in Exile, Germany> (E. Özbek, The Destruction of the Monument to Humanity: Historical Conflict and Monumentalization, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 2, pp. 1-5, 2018)
      The destruction of the Monument to Humanity caused a heated debate in Turkey about the relationship between political power and artistic freedom. However, parties in this debate failed, to a great extent, to address the ...

    • The Limits of Iconoclasm: Soviet War Memorials since the End of Socialism 

      Gabowitsch, Mischa (M. Gabowitsch, The Limits of Iconoclasm: Soviet War Memorials since the End of Socialism, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 2, pp. 1-6, 2018)
      There is a widespread perception that the countries of the former Soviet bloc removed all or most communist-era public monuments soon after the end of socialism. Based on a number of heavily publicized instances of iconoclasm, ...