01939nas a2200133   4500008004100000245008300041210006900124300001200193490000700205520149500212100002301707700002101730856005401751       2018                        eng d00aIn Whose Honor? On Monuments, Public Spaces, Historical Narratives, and Memory0 aIn Whose Honor On Monuments Public Spaces Historical Narratives   a117-1200 v413 a<div class="article-section__content en main">
<p>Recent organized protests have incurred outrage over monuments commemorating Confederate military leaders; in some cities, such as Baltimore, statues of Confederate military leaders have been removed overnight. In this context of charged public discourse, we ask: Does the immediate removal of these statues and monuments truly change the representation of histories and heritage? This expanded commentary, emanating from a Late‐Breaking Roundtable Session at the American Anthropological Association's 2017 annual meeting, is a discussion of the nuances and more obvious manipulations of power exercised through public spaces, representations, place names, and the production of historical narratives embedded in material forms of cultural memory. Research in the field of museum anthropology offers analysis pertinent to this subject, as well as intentioned practices to support communities addressing the violences, disparities, and racisms embedded in American history, and its material forms of cultural memory. In organizing the session, we suggested participants might explore the significance of “dissonant” or “negative” heritage; the narratives, counternarratives, and contestations highlighted in these controversies; or offer comparative perspectives from contexts other than the United States. [public spaces, historical narratives, heritage, representation, museums, Confederate monuments and statues]</p>
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1 aSaul, Gwendolyn, W1 aMarsh, Diana, E.  uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/muan.2018.41.issue-2