Geographies of Memory: Textures, Debates, and Discourses

Type: Paper
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Sponsor Groups: Cultural Geography Specialty Group, Study of the American South Specialty Group
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Day: 4/5/2019
Start / End Time: 5:00 PM / 6:40 PM
Room: Roosevelt 4, Marriott, Exhibition Level
Organizers: Matthew Cook
Chairs: Laura Pangallozzi

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Description

Over the course of the past two decades, Geographies of Memory has become one of the leading subfields within human geography. Just within the last two years (as demonstrated by the number of papers and special sessions organized at the AAG's annual meetings!), studying the intersections of space, place, and memory seems to be reaching an exciting new crescendo. This session usefully highlights the breadth research being done within Geographies of Memory, emphasizing textures, discourses, and debates.

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Agenda

Type	Details	Minutes	Start Time
Presenter	Hayley Pedrick*, University of New Mexico, Textures of Transition: Understanding Memorial Spaces in Medellin, Colombia	20	5:00 PM
Presenter	Jonathan Leib*, Old Dominion University, A Tale of Two Cities: Comparing Past and Present Monument Debates in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia	20	5:20 PM
Presenter	Ana Sanchez-Rivera*, University of Maryland-College Park, Discourses of Race and Ethnicity perpetuated through Monuments and Statues in Puerto Rico	20	5:40 PM
Presenter	Mahshid Zandi*, University of Toronto, Spatial Affect and Counter-Memory: the Commemorative Practices of the Iran-Iraq War in its Mnemonic Sites	20	6:00 PM