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Skateparks show how the built environment can be transformed if communities, and the DIY cultures they give birth to, are allowed to flourish.
It might seem odd but it’s not the first museum in a video game or metaverse.
Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, pointedly commemorates Jewish resistance to the Nazis.
In 2003, Rwanda adopted a policy of ethnic non-recognition. However, for 100 days in a year, it centres ethnicity in the country’s psyche.
Remembrance for post-veteran generations involves learning about history, trying to comprehend the what, how and why and its relevance today.
The Civil War – the second-most-deadly event in US history, just behind COVID-19 –contributed to lasting changes in how Americans care for the dead.
On-field demonstrations of remembrance and protest are able to harness potent political power.
As trans-Tasman borders re-open and in the wake of the Christchurch attacks, Anzac Day gains new meaning and presents new challenges – just as it has always done.
Where do old Confederate statues go when they die? The former Soviet bloc countries could teach the US something about dealing with monuments from a painful past.
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Professor of war heritage, memory and culture, Royal Roads University
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Senior lecturer in Sociology, University of Exeter
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Derek H. Alderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Goodrich C White Professor of Religion, Emory University
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