Cultural Practices
COMPLEX FRAGMENTS OF A STATE-SPONSORED MEMORIAL DURING COLOMBIA’S MASS PROTESTS
Symbolic reparations are part of the transitional justice framework, a process that societies experiencing conflict or massive human rights
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Cultural Practices
- Aug 17, 2020
- 10 min
PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR ARCHIVE VOLUNTEERS: METHODS USED ON THE MANCHESTER TOGETHER ARCHIVE
This article presents some of the methods used to provide emotional support to volunteers working with the Manchester Together Archive (MTA)
Cultural Practices
- Jul 18, 2020
- 9 min
WHAT COLLECTING SPONTANEOUS MEMORIALS CAN TELL US ABOUT COLLECTING COVID-19 – PART II
In this 2-part article, Kostas Arvanitis reflects on what collecting spontaneous memorials after traumatic events, such as terrorist attacks
Cultural Practices
- Jul 16, 2020
- 6 min
WHO WILL DEAL WITH THE UNDERLYING ISSUES ONCE THE STATUES ARE OUT OF SIGHT?
Over the last weeks, activists in Europe and the US attacked statues of figures perceived to be representations of colonialism, imperialism,
Cultural Practices
- Jul 2, 2020
- 7 min
Q: WHAT, NOW, FOR PUBLIC STATUES WITH RACIST, COLONIAL, OR IMPERIAL HISTORIES?
With Black Lives Matter protests and the toppling of the Colston statue still making headlines in the UK calls to do something about statues
Cultural Practices
- Jun 18, 2020
- 5 min
ICONOCLASM, RE-INTERPRETATION, COUNTER-MEMORIAL, OR WHAT?
In the era of Black Lives Matter, what options are available for dealing with monuments, memorials and statuary with colonialist links?
Cultural Practices
- Jun 8, 2020
- 5 min
AT HOME: THE INTIMACY OF THINGS AND SPACES IN CONFINEMENT
Symbol, site and structure: the house is not one, but all three of these components’.
(Ashton 2015: 290)
Cultural Practices
- May 25, 2020
- 6 min
EXHIBITIONS, EMOTIONS, AND THE BOOKS OF THE PANDEMIC
The last decade has seen a growing interest amongst museum professionals in developing a curatorial practice grounded in affect. In this Ins
Cultural Practices
- May 22, 2020
- 7 min
REMEMBERING 22/5/2017
Jenny Marsden reflects on the work that has taken place with the Manchester Together Archive over the last 18 months, focusing on the volunt
Cultural Practices
- Apr 24, 2020
- 8 min
WHAT COLLECTING SPONTANEOUS MEMORIALS CAN TELL US ABOUT COLLECTING COVID-19 – PART I
Kostas Arvanitis reflects on what collecting spontaneous memorials after traumatic events, such as terrorist attacks, can tell us about coll
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