Topographies of Memories: A New Poetics of Commemoration

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This book explores new approaches towards developing memorial and heritage sites, moving beyond the critique of existing practices that have been the traditional focus of studies of commemoration. Offering understandings of the effects of conflict on memories of place, as manifested in everyday lives and official histories, it explores the formation of urban identities and constructed images of the city. Topographies of Memories suggests interdisciplinary approaches for creating commemorative sites with shared stakes. The first part of the book focuses on memory dynamics, the second on Nicosia, the divided capital of Cyprus, and the third on physical and material world interventions. Design practices and modes of engagement with places of memory are explored, making connections between theoretical explorations of memory and forgetting and practical strategies for designers and practitioners. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Anita Bakshi)....Pages 3-42 Contortions of Memory (Anita Bakshi)....Pages 43-76 Front Matter ....Pages 77-81 Tracing Times in Place (Anita Bakshi)....Pages 83-136 The Reserve of Forgetting (Anita Bakshi)....Pages 137-171 Remains of the Day (Anita Bakshi)....Pages 173-206 Front Matter ....Pages 207-207 Modes of Engagement (Anita Bakshi)....Pages 209-264 Materializing Metaphor (Anita Bakshi)....Pages 265-300 Back Matter ....Pages 301-340