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The Personal Responsibility of Immersive Memorials

Three years ago, I wrote about immersive memorials – the idea of places where objects and points of memory are dispersed through spaces, rather than being localized in one place. The example I used were Stolpersteine, the brass “stumbling block” cobblestones that mark the former residences of Holocaust victims throughout Europe. When I first wrote…

09/11/2017 in Exhibits, History, Inspiration, Memorial, Participation.

Stumbling Blocks: What Happens When Memorial Is Underfoot?

When I first moved to Germany, I was enchanted by the cobblestone streets in my city (I know, it doesn’t take much). Every day I traipsed – and tripped – along them, feeling ridiculously European. In fact, I was so charmed that it took me a while to notice that some of the cobblestones weren’t…

25/07/2014 in Audience, Connections, History, Interpretation, Memorial.

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