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MONUMENTS are BUILT FORMS erected to CONFER DOMINANT MEANINGS on SPACE -…
MONUMENTS are
BUILT
FORMS erected to
CONFER
DOMINANT
MEANINGS
on
SPACE
functions
cognitive
users's knowledge
knowledge embodied by the monument itself
selective history
axiological & emotional
axiological
positive value: euphoria
negative value: disphoria
emotional
hot monuments
strong reactions
debates
conflicts
trauma
cold monuments
neutral landmark
indifference
pragmatic
how users act around monuments
meeting point
commemorative practice
protests
skateboard...
dimensions
visual
material level
dimensions
location
materials
form, shap
regularity / irregularity
colors
symbolic level
iconographies
symbols
repertoire of semiotic ressources
political
monuments are political construction
monuments are built forms deliberately erected to promote selective and dominant historical narratives
discourses on the past
selective points of views
elites finances monuments focusing on convenient events, marginalizing discomforting events
educate citizens on what to remember
basic values and principles
national identity
political elites inculcate specific conceptions of the present and encourage future possibilities
the interpretation of monuments can change dramatically over time
monuments can become ridiculous, peripheral, they can be resisted
dynamic sites of meaning
contexts
cultural context
the same monument can be a sacred site for one community and a source of traumatic memories for others
shared stock of knowledge but different selections
one culture, different communities
spatial context
setting
site specific
manipolation of spatial surroundings
How have monuments been studied?
Urban and art historians
Style
Iconography
Materials & Technology
Sociologists and cultural anthropologists
commemorative practices
Geographers // Archaeologists
tools of power
elites
define identities
selective historical narratives
the "semiotic" approach
social properties
lazy machines
horizon of meaning