Anna Gasha and Shuyi Yin, Ph.D. students in GSAPP’s Historic Preservation Program, speak with F. Sheffield Hale. Hale is the current President and CEO of the Atlanta History Center. Hale also serves as a trustee emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Fox Theatre, Inc., Buckhead Coalition, Midtown Alliance, and Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. He is a past Chair of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Atlanta History Center, St. Jude’s Recovery Center, Inc., and the State of Georgia’s Judicial Nominating Commission.
This episode focuses on a project that the Atlanta History Center started in 2016, the Confederate Monument Interpretation Guide, in order to explore one of the commonly suggested solutions to contested monuments: recontextualization with further historical research. The interview covers the need for community engagement and the legal aspects pertinent in the process of dealing with controversial Confederate monuments.
Source by Columbia GSAPP
