Places of Commemoration: Search for Identity and Landscape Design (Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884022609 ISBN 13: 9780884022602

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2001

Synopsis

“Everyone is occupied, consciously or unconsciously, with identity―one’s origin and the question of one’s place in humankind and society of the past, present, and future. Identity and memory are not stable and objective things, but representations or constructions of reality related to a particular interest, such as class, gender, of power relations. Identity is problematic without history and without the commemoration of history, and of course such remembrance may distort historical events and facts. When dealing with gardens, a substantial part of our physical environment, there are always unspoken questions of identity.”

Places of Commemoration examines commemorative sites of different character, including gardens, landscapes, memorials, cemeteries, and sites of former Nazi concentration camps, detailing the ideas behind the creation of memorials and monuments and the struggles over the narratives they present.

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About the Author

Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn is Professor at Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884022609
• ISBN 13: 9780884022602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Wolschke-Bulmahn Joachim