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40411 - Troubling Pasts: Challenges of History and Commemoration

Mon, August 11, 10:00 to 11:30am, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Randolph 2

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It seems a given that history falls into natural periods, that states have the power to define the past, that participatory modes of designing memorials give power to the people, and that those designed by authoritarian governments, conversely, deny the people’s agency. The papers in this session challenge each of those claims, in the process, shedding light on the challenges of recounting, transforming, and memorializing the past.

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