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excuse cross-posting.
The
ArtsGuide for D.C., including a special supplement, is now available.
Please read below for further information on the Arts Section program for ALA Annual
and the newly revised D.C. ArtsGuide.
How
We Memorialize: The Art and Politics of Memorialization
Sunday,
June 27, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
REN
(Renaissance Washington) - Congressional Hall A/B
The
program will examine emotional, spiritual, and intellectual responses to public
memorials and consider political issues involved in their creation. In
addition, the program will examine, within the context of the nature of the
public memorial, how the act of memorializing is evolving. What is the
definition of a memorial? Is this definition being recast in light of virtual
or transitory memorials? How does one document and “preserve”
memorials that are not physical or permanent?
This
program will be supported by a bibliography and by a supplement to the
Washington, D.C. ArtsGuide that will selectively identify memorials and
monuments in the D.C. area and briefly discuss the history of their design and
construction.
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/arts/artsguide/artsguide_dc_an2010.pdf
Speakers:
Kirk
Savage, Professor and Chair, History of Art and Architecture, University of
Pittsburgh: Dr. Savage is the author of Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves:
Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America and Monument Wars:
Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial
Landscape.
Davis
Buckley, Davis Buckley Architects and Planners: As an
internationally recognized design firm, Davis Buckley Architects and
Planners have designed numerous memorials and historic sites, including the
National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II and the
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, both located in Washington, D.C.
Ann
Medaille
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