Tag Archives: memory
More Statues… Denmark Vesey: Freedom Fighter or Terrorist?
Check out this article that appeared yesterday in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution… Here’s a snippet…. “There’s no likeness of him, no record of a word he wrote or said directly, no marked grave. The slave rebellion he allegedly plotted —which would’ve … Continue reading
Slavery & Historical Memory: Penny Lane is in my Ears and in My Eyes; and the Eyes of Texas are Upon You…
Yesterday, the AP posted a brief article that touches upon some sticky issues when it comes to history, race, representation, popular culture and cultural memory. Associated Press Liverpool–Penny Lane will keep its name. City officials said Saturday they would modify … Continue reading
Coalition for Ozark Living Traditions
Earlier this week I caught wind of a new organization (thanks to Mary B.) called “The Coalition for Ozark Living Traditions” (COLT). According to its mission statement, COLT is a not-for-profit organization established to support individuals and organizations that participate … Continue reading
The Corporate Eye
I just finished a review of Elspeth Brown’s The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, 1884-1929 for an upcoming issue of IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology. Although I will not post that review … Continue reading
Filed under history
March 2: Texas Independence Day
My Alma Matter informs me that for more than a century Texas Exes (where ever they may be) have remembered March 2nd (Texas Independence Day) as a time to celebrate both the State and the University of Texas. This observance … Continue reading
Filed under history
Claming the Stones Review
By request, I’m posting a recent review I wrote…It was printed in Historical Archaeology 39(4):156-157, 2005. Claiming the Stones, Naming the Bones: Cultural Property and the Negotiation of National and Ethic Identity. Barkan, Elazar and Ronald Bush (editors). Getty Research … Continue reading
Filed under anthropology, archaeology
Remembering Slavery…In the Francophone World
France’s President Jacques Chirac has called for the “indelible stain” of slavery to be remembered in a national day of commemoration on May 10, the first of its kind in Europe. I found this interesting as it is a state-acknowledged … Continue reading
Filed under race
1897 Texas Spacecraft Landing
On Sunday, March 27th, Kevin Randle reported in his blog “A Different Perspective” a brief critical assessment of “A Story That Won’t Die.” . . . that story was the Aurora, Texas airship crash of 1897. http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2005/03/aurora-Texas-story-that-wont-die.html The original spacecraft … Continue reading
Filed under archaeology, history
