Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-30
Author(s):  
Lisa Blee ◽  
Jean M. O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Public Art ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Native Peoples ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Popular Interest ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

This chapter explains the connection between monuments and the stories about the past they convey to viewers over time. While monuments are considered static and place-bound, this statue of the Massasoit became mobile in numerous ways: in stories that travel with the viewer; as small replicas carried away as souvenirs or purchased as art across the country and the world; and in full-sized casts installed in diverse public settings in the Midwest and West. This chapter argues that the fact that the statue represents a Native leader with a connection to the story of the first Thanksgiving makes its mobility uniquely revealing of the fraught historical memory of colonialism in the U.S. This chapter introduces the argument that Wampanoag and other Native peoples have long resisted, challenged, and refigured the popular celebratory story of peaceful colonization often attached to the figure of the Massasoit. This chapter also introduces the history of the Thanksgiving myth, recounts Wampanoag and English settler relations, explains the popular interest in Indian statuary, and provides background on the public art movement that lead to the commission of the Massasoit statue.

Accepting Regional Zero: Nuclear Weapon Free Zones, U.S. Nonproliferation Policy and Global Security, 1957–1968

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Stocker
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Nuclear Weapon ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nuclear Nonproliferation ◽  
Nuclear Strategy ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

Nuclear weapon free zones (NWFZs) were an important development in the history of nuclear nonproliferation efforts. From 1957 through 1968, when the Treaty of Tlatelolco was signed, the United States struggled to develop a policy toward NWFZs in response to efforts around the world to create these zones, including in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Many within the U.S. government initially rejected the idea of NWFZs, viewing them as a threat to U.S. nuclear strategy. However, over time, a preponderance of officials came to see the zones as advantageous, at least in certain areas of the world, particularly Latin America. Still, U.S. policy pertaining to this issue remained conservative and reactive, reflecting the generally higher priority given to security policy than to nuclear nonproliferation.

MULTICULTURAL HISTORY OF THE REGION IN THE ACTIVITIES OF KĖDAINIAI REGIONAL MUSEUM

Via Latgalica ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Rimants Žirgulis
Keyword(s):  
Public Art ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Local Society ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

The objective of this paper is to make a short review of influence of the multicultural history of the region and its using in the activities of Kėdainiai Regional Museum. Kėdainiai has a rich multicultural history and heritage, which are very often used by Kėdainiai Regional Museum and all of its six branches. The main attention is paying to educational and project activities. Discovering Kėdainiai as a place of intersection of various nations and cultures, a peculiar Atlantis of a borderland, sometimes by playing or reminding, preservation and nurturance of historical memory of local society, sometimes by public art as invasion into public spaces of town. Such activities of Kėdainiai Regional Museum help to get rid of provinciality and contribute to create the Lithuanian modern civilized nation, open to the world.

After the Storm

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lon Kurashige
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Japanese American ◽  
Japanese American Internment ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Popular Interest

This chapter examines the final end of formal anti-Asian policies in the Immigration Act of 1965, which gave Asian nations equal immigration quotas with all other nations in the world. An important part of this egalitarian context was Hawaii statehood because the new state’s large Asian American constituency boosted this group’s political influence in Congress. At the same time, the civil rights and anti-war movements and protests rooted in the Asian American movement during the long 1960s stirred scholarly and popular interest in the history of Asian exclusion and Japanese American internment that flowered throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries into a robust cultural memory that, curiously, occluded the significance of the egalitarian opposition to anti-Asian racism. Instead, the picture of the past was stark, emphasizing racism, injustice, victimization, and white domination.

The Census, Audiences, and Publics

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margo Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Science History ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Science History ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
The U.S

Visual and oral, video and audio evidence are brought to bear to examine the history of the U.S. census and the practice of social science history. The article explores how artists have appropriated and depicted census taking in America and how census takers used “artistic” forms of evidence to advertise and promote the census and explicate census results to the public. The article also suggests how social science historians have understood and used the new electronic environment of the Internet and the World Wide Web to present their data and findings.

scholarly journals Colombia of the 20th century: the history of the country in the history of cinema

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 196-215
Author(s):  
Grantseva Ekaterina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Magical Realism ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Social Realism ◽  
Colombian Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Film Market ◽  
Constant Interest

Colombian cinema, the peculiarities of its development and problems, cannot be separated from the tragic and painful pages of the history of Colombia in the 20th century. In the panorama of the national cinematography’s of Latin America, the cinema of Colombia has long been on the side lines, significantly yielding to Argentina and Mexico, and also constantly experiencing pressure on the film market from Hollywood. Unlike Colombian literature, which conquered the world with "magical realism", the cinema of this country gravitates towards social realism. He is characterized by a bold approach to the most difficult and painful topics, a constant interest in the realities of the country's life. In this regard, when analysing Colombian cinematography, the most productive is the expansion of the boundaries of research in the field of historical memory, an appeal to the problem of violence and overcoming the trauma of the past.

scholarly journals DIVISION C COMMISSION 55: COMMUNICATING ASTRONOMY WITH THE PUBLIC

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (T29A) ◽  
pp. 209-218
Author(s):  
Lars Lindberg Christensen ◽  
Pedro Russo ◽  
Richard Tresch Fienberg ◽  
Sze-leung Cheung ◽  
Ian Robson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Public Outreach ◽  
International Astronomical Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Astronomical ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Outreach

The IAU Division C Commission 55, Communicating Astronomy with the Public, played an active role in Union affairs within Division C, Education, Outreach and Heritage. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) vested considerable responsibility for its public outreach efforts in Commission 55 (C55), Communicating Astronomy with the Public. This article briefly recounts the origin and history of C55 over the past decade, and describes the work of C55 until it became Division C Commission C.C2 in 2015. As stated on our website, http://www.communicatingastronomy.org, C55 was founded on the principle that “it is the responsibility of every practising astronomer to play some role in explaining the interest and value of science to our real employers, the taxpayers of the world.” While this was true a decade ago, when the Working Group that eventually became C55 first took shape, it is even more true today, when funding for the astronomical sciences (and science more generally) is under threat on nearly every continent.

How the Past Shapes the Present: Five Ways in Which History Affects China's Contemporary Foreign Relations

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 119-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Harding
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Controversial Topic

AbstractThe history of China's foreign relations is an interesting and controversial topic in its own right, as the essays in this special issue so amply demonstrate. But it is also central to an understanding of China's contemporary international relations. The history of China's foreign relations is not just a chronicle of the past, but also a set of facts and ideas and images that are alive in the minds of policy-makers and the public today, thereby shaping the present and future of China's relationship with the rest of the world.

scholarly journals MONUMENTOS URBANOS E ARTE PÚBLICA: OS OBELISCOS EM ROTAÇÃO / Urban monuments and public art: the obelisks in rotation

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (41) ◽  
pp. 251-278
Author(s):  
Edilson Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Public Art ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Monuments ◽  
The World ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
Over Time

Este ensaio aborda uma forma monumental antiga e muito disseminada no mundo – o obelisco e suas variações – para refletir sobre a importância desse artefato estético e sociocultural até o último século, quando passa a interagir com questões oriundas dos debates propostos pela “arte pública”. Considerando os usos históricos e contemporâneos dos monumentos verticais não figurativos, abordo algumas intervenções e instalações artísticas, focalizando monumentos públicos, para mapear as estratégias de subversão das formas e sentidos a eles atribuídos. Demonstro que certos monumentos são objeto de várias intervenções ao longo do tempo, enquanto algumas instalações artísticas se apresentam como contramonumentos em sintonia com os princípios de participação e debate público que animam os valores democráticos.Palavras-chave: Obelisco; Monumento público; Arte pública; Paisagem urbana; Contramonumento. AbstractThis essay discusses an ancient monumental form and very widespread in the world – the obelisk and its variations – to reflect on the importance of this aesthetic and sociocultural artifact until the last century, when it started to interact with issues arising from the debates proposed by the “public art”. Considering the historical and contemporary uses of vertical non-figurative monuments, I address some interventions and artistic installations focusing on public monuments to map the subversion of the forms and meanings canonically attributed to such artifacts. There are cases in which a monument is the object of several interventions over time, and others, complementary, in which the proposal is to constitute a counter-monument in line with the principles of participation and public debate that animate democratic societies. Keywords: Obelisk; Public monument; Public art; Urban landscape; Counter-monument.

scholarly journals Writing a History of Scientific Endeavour in Australia’s Deserts

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libby Robin ◽  
Steve Morton ◽  
Mike Smith
Keyword(s):  
Arid Zone ◽  
Rangeland Management ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Australian Science ◽  
Scientific Endeavour ◽  
Over Time

This special issue of Historical Records of Australian Science explores some of the sciences that have contributed to our understanding of inland Australia, country variously known as desert, the arid zone, drylands and the outback. The sciences that have concentrated on deserts include ecology, geomorphology, hydrology, rangeland management, geography, surveying, meteorology and geology, plus many others. In recognition that desert science has surged ahead in the past few decades, we have invited contributors who describe various different desert initiatives. We use these case studies to open up the discussion about how Australians see their desert lands, how this has changed over time and how desert scientists from the rest of the world regard the distinctive desert country in Australia.

History of Tour de France from the Geographical Point of View

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 255-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Bačík ◽  
Michal Klobučník
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Past ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
Tour De France ◽  
Wide Circle ◽  
History Of ◽  
Expert Community ◽  
Geographical Point

Abstract The Tour de France, a three week bicycle race has a unique place in the world of sports. The 100th edition of the event took place in 2013. In the past of 110 years of its history, people noticed unique stories and duels in particular periods, celebrities that became legends that the world of sports will never forget. Also many places where the races unfolded made history in the Tour de France. In this article we tried to point out the spatial context of this event using advanced technologies for distribution of historical facts over the Internet. The Introduction briefly displays the attendance of a particular stage based on a regional point of view. The main topic deals with selected historical aspects of difficult ascents which every year decide the winner of Tour de France, and also attract fans from all over the world. In the final stage of the research, the distribution of results on the website available to a wide circle of fans of this sports event played a very significant part (www.tdfrance.eu). Using advanced methods and procedures we have tried to capture the historical and spatial dimensions of Tour de France in its general form and thus offering a new view of this unique sports event not only to the expert community, but for the general public as well.

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