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An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has
erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down
long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend
them. Why do we care so much about statues? And who gets to decide
which ones should stay up and which should come down? Erin L.
Thompson, the country's leading expert in the tangled aesthetic,
legal, political and social issues involved in such battles brings
much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. She traces the turbulent
history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, starting
with the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom atop
the US Capitol and explores the surprising motivations behind such
contemporary flashpoints as the toppling of a statue of Columbus at
the Minnesota State Capitol. Written with great verve and
thoroughly researched, Smashing Statues gives readers the context
they need to consider the fundamental question: Whose voices must
be heard and whose pain must remain private?
An urgent and fractious debate over public monuments has erupted in
America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored
hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do
we care so much about statues? And who gets to decide which ones
should stay up and which should come down? Erin L. Thompson, the
country’s leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal,
political and social issues involved in such battles brings
much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. She traces the turbulent
history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, starting
with the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom atop
the US Capitol and explores the surprising motivations behind such
contemporary flashpoints as the toppling of a statue of Columbus at
the Minnesota State Capitol. Written with great verve and
thoroughly researched, Smashing Statues gives readers the context
they need to consider the fundamental question: Whose voices must
be heard and whose pain must remain private?
An interdisciplinary volume of essays identifying the impact of
technology on the age-old cultural practice of collecting as well
as the opportunities and pitfalls of collecting in the digital era.
Seminal to the rise of human cultures, the practice of collecting
is an expression of individual and societal self-understanding.
Through collections, cultures learn and grow. The introduction of
digital technology has accelerated this process and at the same
time changed how, what, and why we collect. Ever-expanding storage
capacities and the accumulation of unprecedented amounts of data
are part of a highly complex information economy in which
collecting has become even more important for the formation of the
past, present, and future. Museums, libraries, and archives have
adapted to the requirements of a digital environment, as has anyone
who browses the internet and stores information on hard drives or
cloud servers. In turn, companies follow the digital footprint we
leave behind. Today, collecting includes not only physical objects
but also the binary code that allows for their virtual
representation on screen. Collecting in the Twenty-First Century
identifies the impact of technology, both new and old, on the
cultural practice of collecting as well as the challenges and
opportunities of collecting in the digital era. Scholars from
German Studies, Media Studies, Museum Studies, Sound Studies,
Information Technology, and Art History as well as librarians and
preservationists offer insights into the most recent developments
in collecting practices.
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Barbara Chase-Riboud - Infinite Folds
Chris Bayley, Yesomi Umolu; Text written by Barbara Chase-Riboud, Joseph Manca, Hans Ulrich Obrist, …
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R910
Discovery Miles 9 100
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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