Hidden Truths: Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery in Nantes, France
In "Works on Memory: Reflections & Practices – Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery in Nantes, France," RWU Professor of Architecture Julian Bonder will present a lecture about the role that architects play in public discourses about history and memory, ethics politics and the public domain through monuments and memorials. With a look at the Center for Holocaust Studies at Clark University; the National Holocaust Monument, Ottawa; the Martin Luther King Jr & Coretta Scott King Memorial, Boston; and the Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery in Nantes, France, this presentation will also include materials and images from the “Unearthing traces and legacies of Rhode Island Slavery and Slave Trade” design studios conducted at Roger Williams University.
The yearlong series presents important conversations on the marginalized stories of our local area, and its complicated history with Indigenous peoples, the slave trade, environmental justice and immigration, and how these issues surface as present day disparities and systemic racial inequities. For more information on the series and the full schedule of events, visit Hidden Truths: Stories of Race and Place.