Description
| Product ID: | 9781108707824 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare |
| Title: | Designing Memory |
| Subtitle: | The Architecture of Commemoration in Europe, 1914 to the Present |
| Authors: | Author: Sabina Tanovic |
| Page Count: | 287 |
| Subjects: | Architecture, Architecture, Theory of architecture, Architectural structure and design, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, History, History, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Military history, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Terrorism, armed struggle, Theory of architecture, Architectural structure & design, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Military history, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Terrorism, armed struggle, Europe, Norway, USA, English, 20th century, 21st century |
| Description: | This innovative study of memorial architecture investigates how design can translate memories of human loss into tangible structures. It explores the purpose behind creating a memorial and its materialisation. The result is a distinctive contribution to the literature on history and memory, and on architecture as a space for remembering. This innovative study of memorial architecture investigates how design can translate memories of human loss into tangible structures, creating spaces for remembering. Using approaches from history, psychology, anthropology and sociology, Sabina Tanović explores purposes behind creating contemporary memorials in a given location, their translation into architectural concepts, their materialisation in the face of social and political challenges, and their influence on the transmission of memory. Covering the period from the First World War to the present, she looks at memorials such as the Holocaust museums in Mechelen and Drancy, as well as memorials for the victims of terrorist attacks, to unravel the private and public role of memorial architecture and the possibilities of architecture as a form of agency in remembering and dealing with a difficult past. The result is a distinctive contribution to the literature on history and memory, and on architecture as a link to the past. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-29 |
