Trauma, Memory and Public Art

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The course investigates the dynamic interplay between traumatic memory, public art, and collective identity. Students will be introduced to different forms of remembering and forgetting, referencing late 20th and early 21st century models of memorialization that deal with clinical and collective traumas and grief in different parts of the world. Students will be exposed to new tools of representation and new methodologies of engagement regarding difficult memories that promote fresh dialogue across wounded histories.