Call for Scholars, Artists, Architects and Activists for UC Berkeley Symposium
Techniques of Memory
Landscape, Iconoclasm, Medium and Power
Global Urban Humanities Initiative– University of California, Berkeley
Before World War II, Robert Musil famously claimed that there was nothing in this world as invisible as a monument. Yet, recent events in Charlottesville, New Orleans, and elsewhere signal Musil might have been mistaken: monuments and memorials can be easily awakened to inspire activist movements and shift local politics. While old monuments are falling, new memorials are being erected at