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Photographic Documentation of Grassroots, Spontaneous and Temporary Memorials

By Kostas Arvanitis, Senior Lecturer in Museology, University of Manchester Large-scale disasters, terrorist attacks and other mass violence events, as well as the death of[…]

Creating, Documenting and Using Archives of Spontaneous Memorials: Building an International Network

International Workshop 20-21 September 2018 Manchester Art Gallery “Spontaneous memorials” (also termed “spontaneous shrines”, “temporary memorials”, “grassroots memorials”, or “makeshift memorials”) are, Santino notes, “silent[…]