In the past decade, commemorations (including statues and monuments) that have substantial ties to colonialism, slavery, and other forms of injustice have been targeted by activists. In response, the English Government has published the ‘Retain and explain’ guidance to protect “historic statues.”
This interdisciplinary workshop seeks to reflect upon the moral and political implications of the policy and guidance by bringing scholars from art, law, philosophy, memory studies, and urban design into dialogue.
Location: Campus Central, 3.04, University of Stirling
Schedule:
19 May Workshop
9:30 Welcome
9:40 - 10:30 Katie McClymont (UWE Bristol)
"Planning, objectionable commemorations and the unnoteworthy absence of debate"
10:30 - 11:20 Paul Max Morin (Stirling)
11:20 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20 Daisy Dixon (Cardiff)
12:20-1:10 Lunch
1:10 -2:00 Jack Hume (KCL)
“What is Cultural Power?”
2:00 - 2:10 Break
2:10 - 3:00 Chong-Ming Lim (Sheffield)
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:05 Mirosław Michał Sadowski (Strathclyde)
"Monuments Between the Right to Memory and the Politics of Memory"
4:05 - 4:30 Discussions
Getting to Campus Central 3.04
On Google Maps, this building is also called “University of Stirling Library” and “Andrew Miller Building.” It shares a building with “Macrobert Arts Centre.” In the middle of the building, there’s a triangle-ish staircase. It is on the 3rd floor. The elevator is very close to the staircase.
The workshop is funded by a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant SRG2425\250508.