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PRIVATE MEMORY IN PUBLIC SPACE
PRIVATE MEMORY IN PUBLIC SPACE

Author(s): Hanna Grzeszczuk-Brendel
Subject(s): Architecture, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: public monuments; intergenerational trauma; memories; counter- monument; the individualisation of the dead;

Summary/Abstract: Commemoration in public space is usually associated with the creation of official objects related to important events or individuals, most often in the form of monuments or plaques. In the paper, the author considers alternative forms of commemoration which, by existing in the social space, invade privacy, taking into account not only artistic activities such as Stolpersteine/Gunter Demnig’s “stumbling stones” but also, for example, candles or flowers at accident sites. So, the author examines non-monumental forms of commemoration and considers the ques- tions related to the reception of these objects, including their penetration into common cultural spaces.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 126
  • Page Range: 123-142
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English
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