Articles tagged "Victims"
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Design of Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery
The memorial has two parts, divided by a road. On one side of the road is the cemetery, which is shaped like the petals of a flower. On the other side is ...read »
Discussion for the Paine Memorial
Rather than being designed by a single, professional designer, the Paine Memorial was created through a deeply participatory and consultative process. This ...read »
Discussion for the Monument Against Fascism
As the scholar James Young puts it, this monument “flouts any number of cherished memorial conventions.” It was designed “not to console but to provoke; not ...read »
Design for Villa Grimaldi Park for Peace
Villa Grimaldi Park for Peace consists of a 10,200-square-meter green space crossed by two intersecting paths that lead to a wall inscribed with the names of ...read »
Design of Oradour-sur-Glane
The victims of Oradour-sur-Glane are buried in a cemetery to the north of the village, where a tall column flanked by ossuaries memorializes the dead. Along ...read »
Design of Terror Háza
The Terror Háza museum was opened on February 24, 2002, after a year-long renovation process. The reconstruction aimed to make the building stand out ...read »
Design of Halabja
The main building of the Halabja monument is a single-story, modern structure covered in white orbs. Its curved roof culminates in a 100-foot tower consisting ...read »
Discussion of Halabja
In the wake of mass atrocity, reparations for victims don’t necessarily have to be material in order to be effective. Symbolic reparations––including ...read »
Design of Choeung Ek
Choeung Ek is a large site, about the size of a soccer field, and is surrounded by farmland. The centerpiece of the site, a 62-meter concrete and plexiglass ...read »
Design of Tuol Sleng
After taking control of Cambodia in 1979, the Vietnamese, seeking to legitimize their unpopular occupation, quickly capitalized upon Tuol Sleng’s propaganda ...read »
Discussion of Tuol Sleng
Tuol Sleng has been instrumental in the creation of a master narrative of the past that legitimizes Cambodia’s current ruling party and projects the aura of ...read »
Design of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum
Peace Memorial Park was designed by Kenzo Tange, who won a design competition sponsored by the city of Hiroshima. Entrants were asked to develop a ...read »
Discussion of Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park
As is the case with most historical events, episodes of state violence and atrocity can be difficult to explain as single narratives. Causes and outcomes ...read »Tourism and Memory Sites
Tourism is typically associated with pleasure and fun, vacation and escape. What happens, then, when a memorial to mass atrocity becomes a tourist site? In ...read »News
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Resources
Rosenberg, Tina "Chile’s military must now report to one of its past victims." The New York Times, May 11, 2004. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/opinion/editorial-observer-chile-s-military-must-now-report-to-one-of-its-past-victims.html
The Cambodia Tribunal Monitor has frequently updated news and information on the ongoing trial of Duch, the former warden of S-21 prison, including video of the court proceedings.
The Documentation Center of Cambodia has a great deal of information on Tuol Sleng and on the Khmer Rouge in general. This site has photographs of many of the victims of S-21, the same photos that are on display at Tuol Sleng today.
The Virginia Quarterly Review has poetry and artwork by Robert Shultz and Binh Danh, inspired by Tuol Sleng.
