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Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments in a Changing World brings together a collection of essays from scholars and cultural critics working on the meanings of monuments and memorials in the second decade of the twenty-first century, a time of great social and political change. The book encourages readers to have a broad view of the challenges facing individuals and society in making sense of public monuments with contested meanings, and the ways in which differing places approach monuments in a landscape where institutions and ideas are under direct challenge from political and social unrest and sharply changed attitudes about the representation of history and memory in the public sphere. The goal is to acknowledge shared experiences through a wider perspective; to contribute to the work of the world-wide heritage community; and to document through publication the history and shifting cultural attitudes towards monument culture across the world, encouraging a more informed approach to monuments and their meanings especially for the public and those outside of academia. The book presents a broad view of the challenges facing individuals and society in making sense of public monuments with contested meanings, and the ways in which differing places, from the United States to Europe to Africa to Australia and New Zealand to South America and beyond, approach monuments in a landscape where institutions and ideas are under direct challenge from political and social unrest and sharply changed attitudes about the representation of history and memory in the public sphere.

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Macaluso's Monument Culture features a wide-ranging, insightful group of essays that span the globe and illuminate one of the most critical issues of our time. From Antarctica to South Korea and beyond, this book is essential reading to understand how communities choose to remember and memorialize the contested past. -- David B. Allison, editor of Controversial Monuments and Memorials: A Guide for Community Leaders The authors in Monument Culture do not promise solutions to the conundrums posed by monuments in today's world. Instead, you'll find something much more challenging and enriching-a transnational survey of commemorative practices that will lead readers to question their beliefs about the cultural work of monuments. -- Modupe Labode, Associate Professor, History and Museum Studies and Public Scholar of African American History and Museums, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Laura A. Macaluso researches and writes about museums, monuments, and material culture. She has a Ph.D. from the Humanities/Cultural & Historic Preservation Departments at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island and in 2018 the narrative portion of her dissertation titled The Public Artscape of New Haven: Themes in the Creation of a City Image, was published. In 2019 Historic Virginia: A Tour of the State's National Historic Landmarks will be published. She lives in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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