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  1. José Manuel Barros @[email protected] ·

    "The conservation and restoration of negative heritage", an article that Ruth Taberner and I have published, about the problem of preserving (or not) the most contested heritage (in Spanish). #OpenAccess #GeConservación #Article

    It is often asked to what extent it makes sense to restore a legacy that is extremely negative and harmful to a significant part of society and that has no other significant values that would provide an incentive for its restoration. In some cases many pieces have been destroyed as Nazi and communist sculptures. In Spain a project was presented to melt down the equestrian sculpture of Franco that was originally in the Plaza de España in Ferrol (La Coruña).

    #CulturalHeritage #ConservationRestoration #Preservation #NegativeHeritage #ContestedHeritage #Politics #Political #History #Memory

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    ge-iic.com/ojs/index.php/revis

    #openaccess #geconservacion #article #culturalheritage #conservationrestoration #preservation
  2. José Manuel Barros @[email protected] ·

    CONTESTED HISTORIES

    "The Contested Histories Initiative seeks practical remedies to contestations over historical markers in public spaces as part of broader efforts to create more inclusive and equitable societies, particularly for and with communities that have been marginalised or disenfranchised due to race, ethnicity, gender, or other affiliations."

    An example:
    VICTORY MONUMENT (Bolzano, Italy): "The Victory Monument in Bolzano was erected on the orders of Benito Mussolini in 1928. Since then, it has been at the symbolic centre of ethnic clashes between the German- and Italian-speaking communities, as well as a symbol of the unresolved legacy of Italian Fascism".

    #ContestedHeritage #Heritage #CulturalHeritage #Fascism #ContestedHistories #Italy #Mussolini #NegativeHeritage #History #Architecture

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    contestedhistories.org/

    contestedhistories.org/wp-cont

    #contestedheritage #heritage #culturalheritage #fascism #contestedhistories #italy
  3. José Manuel Barros @[email protected] ·

    This weekend I am moving to hcommons.social. 🚚📦📦📦 Hope to see you there.

    My last toot here:
    "A website to resignify the Valley of Cuelgamuros and combat the Francoist narrative".
    eldiario.es/sociedad/pagina-we

    You can see the website
    "The Valley of Cuelgamuros, history and context. A new memorial framework for Francoist’s main monument (available in english): elvalledecuelgamuros.gob.es/en

    #Francoism #Cuelgamuros #Heritage #NegativeHeritage #History @academicchatter
    @histodons
    @Denying_History

    #francoism #cuelgamuros #heritage #negativeheritage #history
  4. José Manuel Barros @[email protected] ·

    #ARTNews "New Bill in Florida Would Allow Civilians to Sue When Confederate Monuments Are Damaged or Removed" by Karen K. Ho
    artnews.com/art-news/news/prop

    On the fight against Confederate monuments and the GOP counteroffensives I recommend "Smashing Statues" by Erin L. Thompson (2022) and "No Common Ground" by Karen L. Cox (2021).

    #ConfederateMonuments #Heritage #ContestedHeritage #NegativeHeritage #SmashingStatues
    #NoCommonGround
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    #artnews #confederatemonuments #heritage #contestedheritage #negativeheritage #smashingstatues
  5. José Manuel Barros @[email protected] ·

    A rather curious book is Where is Franco? by Julia Schulz-Dornburg (2022). In this book she tells the story of her journey through Spain to locate the 9 equestrian statues of Franco. Several are stored in museum warehouses or in such curious spaces as an abandoned university in Zaragoza. One of them is in Melilla, in the courtyard of a private foundation, the Gaselec Foundation.
    #NegativeHeritage #Francoism #History #ContestedHeritage
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    @Denying_History

    #negativeheritage #francoism #history #contestedheritage
  6. José Manuel Barros @[email protected] ·

    A never-ending process of resignification of Franco's largest monument: the valley of Cuelgamuros (formerly the Valley of the Fallen). It puts the focus back on the problem of what can be done with #NegativeHeritage especially when it is very important in historical terms, but it is impossible to move it, store it in a warehouse or change its meaning just with an explanatory plaque.
    #Fascism #Francoism #History
    @academicchatter @histodons
    @Denying_History
    theguardian.com/world/2023/apr

    #negativeheritage #fascism #francoism #history