National Forgetting in the American South
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Keywords: cultural geography, urban geography, racial capitalism, memorial landscape, cultural landscapes, American South, monuments
Abstract Type: Poster Abstract
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Conley Kinkead, University of Kentucky
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Abstract
This study examines all National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) sites in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, located in the American South. In the United States, the NRHP recognizes sites representative of "our" national heritage by listing them on this registry. By utilizing narrative content from 33 NRHP sites along with local archive and qualitative site visits in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, this study interrogates the “official memorial landscape” of the American South. We find that preservation and re-use practices of NRHP-sites have engaged in racialized "purposeful forgetting" (Roberts, 2020) and reinforced power relations while enabling the appropriation of BIPOC labor and culture.
National Forgetting in the American South
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Poster Abstract
