tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439806299733648924.post8443679581435294332..comments2022-04-08T17:52:27.689+01:00Comments on cosmopolis: Bremen’s elephantmatthew gandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365182181250999529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439806299733648924.post-17220842493700709882021-07-11T17:19:05.331+01:002021-07-11T17:19:05.331+01:00Memory and memorials mean different things to diff...Memory and memorials mean different things to different people. Tearing them down denies that by insisting on one meaning.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439806299733648924.post-192931603779949382014-05-04T05:58:50.523+01:002014-05-04T05:58:50.523+01:00Thank you for this. I've just returned from Br...Thank you for this. I've just returned from Bremen and learned about the elephant and the contestation of its meaning. I've linked to your piece from a blog post I wrote, on monuments. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439806299733648924.post-54633640863011078532011-01-06T23:11:54.995+00:002011-01-06T23:11:54.995+00:00This is really interesting. It reminds me of the s...This is really interesting. It reminds me of the street names in the African Quarter of Berlin and the fact that some of them had their meaning re-contextualised following independence. A friend of mine wrote a short paper on this as part of an MA student study project - if you are interested a selection of the papers are available online at:<br /><br />https://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/denkmalpflege/public/downloads/UHDT_Reader.pdfSam Merrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998153123657376073noreply@blogger.com