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AMST 384 1st Edition Lecture 38 RecitationLincoln -influence of place that it has to a memory object-influencing memory of Lincoln -reenactment as a universal memory -events as processual memory Quilt:-past to present connect-names are memory objectsThe National Mall-Maya Lin’s Vietnma Memorial looks like a dash in the ground-Dr. King’s speech-Quilt displayed there -Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington monuments in a line to show lineage of power-memorials dedicated to women and the female participants in WWII-Washington monument tallest *Some monumented constructed decades after the event took place. This is because memory is processual, this passage of time influenced how monuments were constructed. For example, WWII Memorial reflects a kind of retrospective nominalization in which the monument built in 2000 emvodies view of WWII not neccesarily the same views as a mid-20th century. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Not many vernacular challenges of big memorials, dominance, respectable to American government -these monuments shape our specific memories of people and events -partiality of mall creates a dominance perspective *While the mall is a site of official memory, there were several instances of vernacular efforts that challenged the dominant view. For example, the MLK speech in front of Lincoln memorial shows the partial nature of the mall.*The mall is the nation’s backyard and is a unifying space of collective yet partial


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