Conference Information
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ALA Annual Conference: Washington, D.C. -- June 24-29, 2010
Tentative Schedule
- All-Committees: Sat. 6/26, 8:00-10:00am
- Discussion Forum: Sat. 6/26, 10:30am-12:00pm, same room as All-Committees
- Dance Librarians: Sat. 6/26, 1:30-3:30pm
- Film & Broadcast: Sat. 6/26, 4:00-5:30pm
- Executive/General Membership: Sun. 6/27, 10:30am-12:00pm
- Program: Sun. 6/27, 1:30-3:30pm
- Digital Arts Discussion Group: Sun. 6/27, 4:00-5:30pm, same building as Program
Program Information
How We Memorialize: The Art and Politics of Memorialization
The program will examine emotional, spiritual and intellectual responses to public memorials and consider political issues involved in their creation. In addition, the program will examine, within the context of the nature of the public memorial, how the act of memorializing is evolving. What is the definition of a memorial? Is this definition being recast in light of virtual or transitory memorials? How does one document and “preserve” memorials that are not physical or permanent?
This program will be supported by a bibliography, and by a supplement to the Washington, D.C. ArtsGuide that will selectively identify memorials and monuments in the D.C. area and briefly discuss the history of their design and construction. Both documents will be made available on the Arts Section's web page.
Speakers: Dr. Kirk Savage, Chair and Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh and Davis Buckley, Davis Buckley Architects and Planners
