Cequyna Moore, Director of the Monuments Toolkit project, recently authored a chapter in the new book, Grappling with Monuments of Oppression: Moving from Analysis to Activism.
Synopsis
Grappling with Monuments of Oppression provides a timely analysis of the diverse approaches being used around the world to confront colonial and imperial monuments and to promote social equity.
Presenting 12 interdisciplinary, international case studies, this volume explores the ways in which the materiality of social domination can be combated. With contributions from activists, scholars, artists, and policymakers, the book envisions the theme of restorative justice in heritage and archaeology as encompassing initiatives for the reconciliation of past societal transgressions using processes that are multivocal, dialogic, historically informed, community based, negotiated, and transformative. Arguing that monuments to historical figures who engaged in oppressive regimes provide rich opportunities for dialog and negotiation, chapters within the book demonstrate that, by confronting these monuments, citizens can envision new ways to address the context and significance of the figures they memorialize and the many people who were targets of their oppression. Contributors to the book also provide a toolkit of methods and strategies for addressing the continuing structures of social domination.
We present case studies from across the globe to probe the ways in which the materiality of social domination can be combated. Readers will benefit from a deep dive in each case, and efforts to derive a toolkit of take-away lessons. These initiatives represent particular efforts at advancing restorative justice through the interactions of tangible and intangible heritage of diverse groups in varied contexts. Study locations across these chapters include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, United Kingdom, and United States.
Grappling with Monuments of Oppression 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.
Other Information
Chapter authors include: Christopher C. Fennell, Cequyna Moore, Daisy Dixon, Liza Gijanto, Stéphane Valognes, Francisco Andrade, Roberto Conduru, James P. Delgado, Orville Vernon Burton, Julia King, Diane Wallman, Uzi Baram, Mary Ann Levine, James A. Delle, Noelle Lorraine Williams, James Amemasor, Michael J. Gall, and Christopher N. Matthews.
The Routledge Press page includes a full Table of Contents.
This book is part of the Restorative Justice in Heritage Studies and Archaeology book series, edited by Nedra K. Lee, Richard Paul Benjamin, Christopher C. Fennell.
Learn more and purchase Grappling with Monuments of Oppression at https://www.routledge.com/Grappling-with-Monuments-of-Oppression-Moving-from-Analysis-to-Activism/Fennell/p/book/9781032735153.