Memorials are more diverse in design and subject matter than ever before. No longer limited
to statues of heroes placed high on pedestals, contemporary memorials engage visitors in …

During the first few weeks after the terrorist attacks, a surprising number of citizens acted and
spoke on behalf of the nation, doing so through ritual performances of grief and politics …

How a memorial impacts public memory depends not just on its symbolic appeals but also
on how it gains the attention of visitors and how those appeals convert visitors into engaged …

In this article, I hypothesise that it is in the interaction with digital or material picture objects,
or engagement with art dealing with the topic of grief and loss, that the viewer may …

After the March 11, 2004 terrorist attacks, railway stations on the “Corredor del Henares”, a
commuter rail line in southern Madrid, served as public arenas for the expression of a range …

The lush, green avenue feels like a retreat from the hectic city center of Amsterdam. There
are no hordes of tourists here and both the scale and architecture of this district seem …

On May 25th, 2020, George Perry Floyd Junior was murdered by Minneapolis police officer
Derek Chauvin, who knelt with his knee on George Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 …

In this project I examine the performative nature of the ghost bike memorial. Ghost bikes, flat-
white painted immobile bicycles created by cycling communities and loved ones of victims …

This dissertation traces the rhetorical history of Virginia Tech's April 16th Memorial from its
earliest appearance immediately following the April 16, 2007 shootings up to its present …

The early twenty-f irst century is witnessing a revival of cultural promotion as a factor in
foreign policy. A peak in this field of activity was reached during the Cold War decades of the …