Name: Counter-Monuments
Brand: transcript
SKU: 9783837670844
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Counter-Monuments

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Published: 30-Nov-2025
ISBN: 9783837670844

Paperback
520 Pages

Subjects:
Cultural studies
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -
History of art / art & design styles
Electronic
holographic & video art
The arts: general issues
Architecture
Museology & heritage studies
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
General & world history
Fascism & Nazism
Politics & government
Political structure & processes
Photography & photographs
Film theory & criticism
Media studies
Philosophy & theory of education
National liberation & independence
post-colonialism
Social & cultural history
Ethnic studies
Human geography
Sociology
Gender studies
gender groups
Violence in society
Population & demography

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In the context of ongoing debates about memory practices in the public sphere, monuments and the collective processes around them are part of an increasingly dynamic engagement with efforts to decolonize public space, museum collections, and public institutions. In scholarly and artistic works, the contributors to this volume suggest new aesthetic conceptualizations that challenge the static features traditionally associated with the commemorative function of monuments. Emerging from research on the Skulptur Projekte Archives, they examine the relevance of the imaginary and the potential of the archive within such processes, exploring the diverse contemporary practices that give access to the blind spots of public memory.