How do we imagine the relationship between public symbols and systems? In a moment of global flux and civic questioning, this conversation considers what monument-making can reveal about the human condition today and how creative legacy projects and public spaces can illuminate our past while inspiring new futures. Together, we will explore the ways in which artists help to foster spaces and rituals of belonging, learning, and healing; playing an essential role in sustaining our democracy.

Speakers and Presenters
Anthony Foxx, Emma Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership
Paul Farber, Director and Co-Founder, Monument Lab
Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies

Organizer
Culture and Civil Society Initiative

Additional Organizers
Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design