Combating oppression with new commemorations / edited by Christopher C. Fennell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fennell, Christopher, editor.

Series:

Restorative justice in heritage studies and archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anniversaries.

Minorities--Social conditions.

Minorities.

Minorities--History.

Oppression (Psychology).

Memorialization--Social aspects.

Memorialization.

Monuments--Social aspects.

Monuments.

Cultural property.

Restorative justice.

Collective memory.

Physical Description:

xvi, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

"Combating Oppression with New Commemorations examines the ways in which marginalized groups can confront oppressive regimes through commemorations and advocacy of their own heritage. Presenting case studies from across the globe, the volume provides invaluable insights into the diverse strategies and various disciplinary approaches being used to counter oppression through commemorations of the heritage of marginalized groups. Reminding the reader that such commemorations are often created by individuals who have directly confronted traumas of oppression, contributors emphasize that their survivance, successes, and vitality are tributes to human resilience and creativity. Chapters also demonstrate how such commemorations can advance recognition of the group's diverse legacies and cultural identity and help enhance social and economic equities for that population across local, regional, and national scales. It is also made clear that they can provide resources for reconciliation negotiations with other social collectives who seek to oppress the marginalized group. These dynamics can facilitate truth-telling, accountability, recovery of unrecorded histories, revitalization, increments of healing, and efforts to avoid future repetitions of past and present social traumas. Combating Oppression with New Commemorations will be essential reading for academics, and students working in heritage studies, archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies, landscape analysis, and museum studies. It will also be of great interest to practitioners and activists around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Commemorative Engagements / Christopher C. Fennell

Monuments of Movement : Purposeful Remembering and Forgetting of the 1932 La Matanza (Massacre) in Western El Salvador / Heriberto Erquicia Cruz and Kathryn E. Sampek

Decolonizing Monument Designation in the Caribbean : Native Raizal Heritage and Cultural Patrimony on Old Providence and Santa Catalina Islands, Colombia / Tracie Mayfield

Reparative Commemorations of Emancipation in the Modern World / J. R. Kerr-Ritchie

Relationships between Governance, Research, and Communities : Striving for Restorative Justice for St. Eustatius in the Caribbean / Jay B. Haviser

Cultural Revitalization and a Seat of Common Heritage in Grenada / Oliver Benoit

"Now Our Remembered are Forgotten" : An Archaeology of the National Transgender Memorial Site in the United Kingdom / Owen Hurcum and Colleen Morgan

A New Memorial for an Old Forgotten Tragedy : An 1871 Massacre in Los Angeles / Judy Chui-Hua Chung and Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong

What Would Mother Jones Have Said? The Progressive Miners of America and Their Monument / Helaine Silverman

As We Continue to Wipe the Tears : Sequels of the First Nation Boarding School System and the Issues of Repatriation / Elizabeth Matilda A. Mantebeah, Lisa Hunt, Mikalen Running Fisher, Kara Fox, and Haley Omeasoo, with contributions by Kelly J. Dixon

Monuments and Memorials : Art, Truth-telling, and Memory / Valerie Ann Johnson

Asserting Rights and Justice through Special Black-American Yards / Grey Gundaker

A Tale of Three Cemeteries : The Challenge of Commemorating the Past / Charles Ewen, Ryan Nicholas Schacht, and Eric Bailey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Combating oppression with new commemorations

ISBN:

9781032749921

103274992X

9781032735184

103273518X

OCLC:

1502686000

Publisher Number:

90102355558