1. Monuments and Memory

2. Some National or Local Monuments – have you ever seen these?
Educator Places several slides of local or national monuments below and asks learners if they are familiar with these
Some National or Local Monuments – have you ever seen these?
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3. Remembering war and conflict
What happened during the conflict?
What were the possible causes of the conflict?
What were the consequences of the conflict?
Who were the victims?
Who were the perpetrators ?
How can we best commemorate what happened?

4. Who plays a role in commemoration?
Activists and Educators
Government
Victims and survivors (civilians)
Veterans (soldiers)
Artists

5. Remembering war and conflict
Monuments, statues, cemeteries, buildings, (official) sites of memory…
Remembering war and conflict
History textbooks, Media
Memorials
Museums, (inofficial) places of memory, street names
Film, literature, Arts
Ceremonies, Remembrance days, Streetnames

6. Decisions to be made when building a monument
Who do we involve in the process of creating a monument?
Who do we commemorate?
What kind of message do we want to get across?
Where will we commemorate?
What design will we choose?
How do we let people know about it?
How large should it be?

7. Who do we commemorate? Victims/Survivors Soldiers Rescuers/helpers
Places, objects..
Crimes committed by the enemy vs crimes committed by one’s own army
What about gender differences (women as often as men)?

8. What will the message be?
Keeping the memory alive!
Remembering and Acknowledging
Wartime suffering of victims
Honoring and mourning
Guilt of perpetrators
Provoking and Blaming
Selective remembering and forgetting
Glorifying and Denying
Never again!
Educating, Advocacy and Warning

9. Where will we commemorate? What will it look like?
Design
Abstract vs. Figurative
Location
Authentic vs. Symbolic
Process
Dominant voices versus
Minority voices
Approach
Political versus Educational