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Statues aren‘t 'history'.
Statues are negotiated memorials to *a* historic narrative put on public display.
Removing these public displays means re-negotiating the narratives they represent. *That‘s* history.
Statues are negotiated memorials to *a* historic narrative put on public display.
Removing these public displays means re-negotiating the narratives they represent. *That‘s* history.
On a related note re #history as transmitted by #statues:
After the end of WWII, 'denazification' of German society also included, you guessed it, the toppling of Nazi memorials - w/o actually 'erasing' the years 1933 to 1945 from German history ... https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/20/why-there-are-no-nazi-statues-in-germany-215510
After the end of WWII, 'denazification' of German society also included, you guessed it, the toppling of Nazi memorials - w/o actually 'erasing' the years 1933 to 1945 from German history ... https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/20/why-there-are-no-nazi-statues-in-germany-215510
... this specific episode in history is not only still very present, but also of course well remembered.
Yet not by monuments raised to perpetrators - but rather by memorials to the victims.
Literally: " #LestWeForget". https://correspondent.afp.com/where-history-never-lets-you-be
Yet not by monuments raised to perpetrators - but rather by memorials to the victims.
Literally: " #LestWeForget". https://correspondent.afp.com/where-history-never-lets-you-be
Since we had (and still have) this discussion here before:
I do not say #UnwantedMonuments must be toppled in any case (although it is an option). Another possible option could well be, for example, #reframing:
https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1170622206541516800?s=21 https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1170622206541516800
I do not say #UnwantedMonuments must be toppled in any case (although it is an option). Another possible option could well be, for example, #reframing:
https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1170622206541516800?s=21 https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1170622206541516800
"Put them into a museum!" also is an often heard demand these days - and while I'm not necessarily agreeing that #museums must be considered a ' #history dumping ground', there's quite an interesting such exhibition here in #Berlin by the way: https://twitter.com/Offenstadt/status/1273128664897650689?s=20
In particular that #Lenin statue here as a really fascinating history on its own (including, *spoiler warning*, some #UrbanArchaeology): https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1251813634201858049?s=20
And so much of this thoughtful essay by @clarenceb30 here:
"The value of statues is not in what they tell us about the individual being memorialised, but of the society that created the statue, erected it, and perhaps altered, removed, or replaced it."
https://twitter.com/clarenceb30/status/1274226382864695298?s=21 https://twitter.com/clarenceb30/status/1274226382864695298
"The value of statues is not in what they tell us about the individual being memorialised, but of the society that created the statue, erected it, and perhaps altered, removed, or replaced it."
https://twitter.com/clarenceb30/status/1274226382864695298?s=21 https://twitter.com/clarenceb30/status/1274226382864695298
