The fate of several colonial statues in Africa continues to be a subject of controversy.
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The erasure of indigenous people living in Windhoek before the German colonisers arrived has angered activists.
Discussions on the renaming of Ryerson University must prioritize the public interest and meet the collective responsibility to engage with Canada’s history of Indigenous oppression.
Statues can help us more fully understand our past and celebrate the contribution of women.
The question of what should happen to symbols of oppression has re-emerged a hot-button issue now that the graffiti-covered figure has moved to Bristol’s M Shed museum
Robert Jenrick says due process is under attack – so he’s handing himself the power to grant the final say about statues and street names.
Both the COVID-19 pandemic and urgent debates around public heritage and monuments shape how Nuit Blanche Toronto is seeking to engage artists and viewers in remapping cities.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Heritage, University of Kent
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PhD student, Communication and Culture, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Researcher, Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slave-Ownership, UCL
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Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor, Eighteenth-Century English Literature, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Bristol