Experts on Our Own Lives: Commemorating Canada at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Abstract This article highlights the contested nature of public commemoration in Canada. Vigorous grassroots enthusiasm for commemoration is compared with the evolving commitment of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, one of Canada's senior players in national commemoration. The article beg...
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crunicaliforniap:10.1525/tph.2009.31.1.46 2023-08-27T04:09:27+02:00 Experts on Our Own Lives: Commemorating Canada at the Beginning of the 21st Century Strong-Boag, Veronica 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/tph.2009.31.1.46 http://online.ucpress.edu/tph/article-pdf/31/1/46/256374/tph_2009_31_1_46.pdf en eng University of California Press The Public Historian volume 31, issue 1, page 46-68 ISSN 0272-3433 1533-8576 Museology History Conservation journal-article 2009 crunicaliforniap https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2009.31.1.46 2023-08-04T12:58:39Z Abstract This article highlights the contested nature of public commemoration in Canada. Vigorous grassroots enthusiasm for commemoration is compared with the evolving commitment of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, one of Canada's senior players in national commemoration. The article begins by pointing to the ongoing attention to history that pervades contemporary movement politics among the First Nations, ethno-cultural groups, women, and workers. It next considers recent popular efforts at commemoration, with a particular focus on those targeting ethnic and racial injustice, violence against women, and the invisibility of workers. It then considers the role of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada from its founding in 1919 to the present. Ultimately, it asks what grassroots and official actors in historical commemoration contribute to the maintenance of public memory. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of California Press (via Crossref) Canada The Public Historian 31 1 46 68 |
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Abstract This article highlights the contested nature of public commemoration in Canada. Vigorous grassroots enthusiasm for commemoration is compared with the evolving commitment of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, one of Canada's senior players in national commemoration. The article begins by pointing to the ongoing attention to history that pervades contemporary movement politics among the First Nations, ethno-cultural groups, women, and workers. It next considers recent popular efforts at commemoration, with a particular focus on those targeting ethnic and racial injustice, violence against women, and the invisibility of workers. It then considers the role of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada from its founding in 1919 to the present. Ultimately, it asks what grassroots and official actors in historical commemoration contribute to the maintenance of public memory. |
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Experts on Our Own Lives: Commemorating Canada at the Beginning of the 21st Century |
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