Controversy in Memory and Remembrance: Memorials, Monuments and Public Art

Controversies over public art and community deliberation processes behind them are rife for analysis--both as expert participants in process or critics after the social explosion. Whether it's a monument to a tragedy, historical marker or freeway art, public art is a source of tension within communities as the memory over the events and persons are negotiated. This cluster will bring together scholars in the discussionof situated controversies and their transdisciplinary roots.