Prepare a well-organized 1,000-1,200 word essay that answers two linked questions: (1) How and why does (or did) your monument help to function as a place of memory? And (2) what do debates over this monument tell us about the ways that a specific imagined community has been contested, transformed, or redefined?
Assignment Question We begin our discussion of political geography by learning two key concepts: imagined communities and places of memory. Places of memory can take many forms, but in this paper you will look at one especially important type: public monuments. Prepare a well-organized 1,000-1,200 word essay that answers two linked questions: (1) How and … Read more