In recent decades there has been a dramatic increase in the
number and diversity of public memorials built in Europe, the U.S.
and around the world. Innovations in design and new ideas about
appropriate subjects for commemoration have jointly reinvigorated
commemorative practices in urban public space. In Spaces of
Engagement, authors Karen Franck and Quentin Stevens combine
detailed first-hand analysis of key projects with a thorough review
of existing scholarship to forge a comprehensive thematic treatment
of contemporary memorials. Spaces of Engagement is organized around
three themes:
- The physical design of memorial settings
- How visitors experience and understand memorials
- Managing the tensions between memorials and urban space
It examines both official, formally designed memorials and
informal memorials, those collectively created by members of the
public immediately after tragic events.
The book provides detailed descriptions, illustrations and
analyses of several key contemporary examples including Washington
s Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Berlin s Memorial to the Murdered Jews
of Europe in Berlin, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain
in London, and informal memorials created after the September 11
attacks in New York and the 2005 London bombings, and others.
While the specific subject of the book is physical interventions
in urban space for the purpose of commemoration, the issues and
insights presented also enrich an understanding of the design and
use of urban public space, demonstrate the continuing liveliness of
public space and make the argument for the value, and the
difficulties, of public spaces that are open to diverse and
potentially conflicting activities and meanings.
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