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monument: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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monument1 CONSTRUCTCommemorative monumentNORA · LIEU DE MÉMOIRE

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Memory studies & history

A structure erected to anchor collective memory

In memory studies and history, a monument is a public work (a statue, memorial, or building) deliberately erected to make a community remember a person or event, a material site where collective memory is fixed and transmitted. Nora's 1989 Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Mémoire analysed such sites of memory and how modern societies invest them. The referent is a commemorative object charged with shared meaning, distinct from a boundary marker or an archaeological feature.[1]

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A commemorative object that fixes and transmits collective memory
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Studied through its form, inscription, siting, and the public memory practices that gather around it

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References

  1. Nora, P. (1989). Between memory and history: Les lieux de mémoire. Representations, 26, 7–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/2928520

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