Over the past decade, the removal of some Confederate monuments coupled with ongoing contestation around American history has sparked the development of new commemorative modes across the United States. Ranging from traditional statuary and historical markers to ephemeral installations, performance, and landscape interventions, these new forms reflect the topical, cultural, and expressive diversity of their neighborhoods, cities, and regions. This lecture focuses on case studies supported by Monument Lab’s Re:Generation initiative, among them Queens, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Matewan, WV; Rapid City, SD; Montgomery, AL; and St John Parish, LA.

Free and open to the public.

About the speaker:
Sue Mobley is a New Orleans–based urbanist, organizer, and advocate serving as the director of research at Monument Lab. She was previously a visiting scholar at the Center for Art and Space at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. Mobley was co-director of Paper Monuments, a public art and public history project that invited residents to imagine new monuments for New Orleans. She served as the inaugural visiting fellow for arts and culture at the American Planning Association, and was a member of the New Orleans City Planning Commission.

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