Sunday’s heist at the Louvre has stirred a lot of headlines. I argue @hyperallergic.com that the real vulnerability lies not in museum security, but in the colonial foundations of Western museum collections. #ArtTheft #Decolonization #Repatriation #PublicMemory
🔗 hyperallergic.com/1051113/the-...

Just published in The Polis: why Trump’s take on the Smithsonian misses the point. Patriotism is telling the full record—achievements and injustices—with rigor and receipts. Read: medium.com/the-polis/tr... #Smithsonian #HistoryMatters #PublicMemory #Museums

Trump’s Smithsonian purge isn’t “patriotism” - it’s fascist playbook 101. When regimes rewrite museums, they erase truth to control democracy’s memory.

#Authoritarianism #DefendTruth #PublicMemory #MuseumPower #ResistCensorship #ThisWomanVotes

twvme.substack.com/p/the-smiths...

🗿 Toppled during the George Floyd protests, the statue of Confederate general Albert Pike is being reinstalled in D.C. this fall—despite decades of opposition. Who decides what deserves to be honored in public spaces?
🔗 t.ly/IxDNf

#PublicMemory #DCPolitics

When public harm is dismissed as policy and no one’s held accountable, local journalism is what stands between memory and erasure. This isn’t just about the news—it’s about what is remembered or forgotten when damage is done. #LocalNews #Democracy #PublicMemory #Accountability #JournalismMatters

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#vinyldeals #vinyl #nowspinning #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection

A fiery debate erupted at the LA County Board meeting as a speaker condemned the Black Lives Matter memorials, igniting a community struggle over how history is remembered.

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#LosAngelesCounty #CA #CitizenPortal #CommunityCohesion #LosAngelesCountyMemorials #PublicMemory

On Refugees: Polish Imaginaries and Practices

Artur Kula discusses the way themes of national belonging fit into Polish #PublicMemory and bear on current political discourse surrounding #immigration.

isrf.org/blog/on-refu...

On Refugees: Polish Imaginaries and Practices

Artur Kula discusses the way themes of national belonging fit into Polish #PublicMemory and bear on current political discourse surrounding #immigration.

isrf.org/blog/on-refu...

🧵 New publication “Memories of Labor: Landscapes of Deindustrialization and the Anthracite Coal Miners Memorial." 227-249 in Amending Our Pasts & Futures: Observing Media & Place as Means to Memory #publicmemory #environment #memorials #deindustrialization #politicaleconomy #Appalachia #coalindustry

thanks to @harryshearer.bsky.social for remembering the okla city bombing on this week’s #leshow #publicmemory #cas597SoundXrs

The heated City Council meeting in Charlottesville revealed deep divisions over the legacy of Robert E. Lee and sparked vital conversations about how we confront our history today.

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#CharlottesvilleAlbemarleCounty #VA #PublicMemory #CommunityDialogue #CharlottesvilleHistory

The 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution is going to be upon us.

Rather than think of what the president will do, think of what YOU will do.

How will you commemorate this event?
#publicmemory
#AmericanRevolution

Hello again. Public Memory joins us as Void Signal returns in a new year with a new logo, new theme, and new chapters.
Link in comments or anywhere podcasts exist.

#voidsignal #publicmemory

Episode here: tinyurl.com/y5ykcyn4 or anywhere podcasts dwell.

A short piece written for @ConversationEDU on "Suzume" with @lauraeclark and Lili Pâquet @UniNewEngland on how it picks up on themes of individual #trauma and the #publicmemory of 3.11 in Japan https://shorturl.at/acijU