Statues of Christopher Columbus have been at the forefront of the debate on monuments in both the United States and all over the world. In the city of Columbus, Ohio, they launched the Reimagining Columbus project in order to determine what ought to happen with their statue and their city's legacy moving forward. Today, we're joined by Shelly Corbin, an Indigenous Knowledge expert and a member of the Reimagining Columbus project. She tells us about how the project as wrapped up as well ...
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Statues of Christopher Columbus have been at the forefront of the debate on monuments in both the United States and all over the world. In the city of Columbus, Ohio, they launched the Reimagining Columbus project in order to determine what ought to happen with their statue and their city's legacy moving forward. Today, we're joined by Shelly Corbin, an Indigenous Knowledge expert and a member of the Reimagining Columbus project. She tells us about how the project as wrapped up as well ...
Methods of Approach: Trends in Monument Removal, Relocation, and Reinterpretation
The Monumental Project
44 minutes
9 months ago
Methods of Approach: Trends in Monument Removal, Relocation, and Reinterpretation
Monument removal, relocation, and reinterpretation is a process that has several means to its end. For some, this process involves work from activists in the community appealing to political leaders. In other cases, decisions to rectify an oppressive monument come from the top down with local and state governments working with their communities in order to create a consensus around how a monument might best be dealt with. In this episode, we’ll discuss both of these approaches and the general...
The Monumental Project
Statues of Christopher Columbus have been at the forefront of the debate on monuments in both the United States and all over the world. In the city of Columbus, Ohio, they launched the Reimagining Columbus project in order to determine what ought to happen with their statue and their city's legacy moving forward. Today, we're joined by Shelly Corbin, an Indigenous Knowledge expert and a member of the Reimagining Columbus project. She tells us about how the project as wrapped up as well ...
