Remembering experience: Public memorials are not just about the dead anymore

Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Memory Studies, 2022, 15, (5), pp. 947-962
Issue Date:
2022-10-01
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This article considers a shift in public memorialization towards the remembrance of experience rather than death Drawing on research into Australian public memorials to lived experiences of loss and trauma from 1985 to 2015 I compare the trends identified in that research with similar memorial projects internationally I have found that the emergence of memorials to lived experience is an expression and an expansion of the kinds of knowledge that can be remembered publicly and is influenced by discourses of trauma human rights and transitional justice The Author s 2020
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