In this episode, Anna Gasha, a Ph.D. student in GSAPP’s Historic Preservation program, speaks with Dr. Renée Ater, an art historian of 19th and 20th Century American art. Ater taught in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland until her retirement in July 2017. Her research and writing have focused on the intersection of race, monument building, and national identity. She is currently researching, designing, and writing a digital project called Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past: Race, Memorialization, Public Space, and Civic Engagement, at slaverymonuments.org.
Ater discusses the importance of providing accessible resources for the general public to learn about public monuments. Ater hopes that digital scholarship projects like her own will help audiences become more informed citizens familiar with the political implications of symbols used within public spaces.
Source by Columbia GSAPP
