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568- Don't Forget to Remember
From99% Invisible
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40 minutes
Released:
Jan 30, 2024
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When a highway gets made, there’s a clear and consistent process for doing so. Not so, public memorials. From the Vietnam Wall to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, it’s always different. Sometimes a handful of concerned citizens get together and make it happen. Sometimes a nonprofit pushes for it, or a foundation. There’s usually a lot of activism, and a lot of fraught conversations – about design, location, the story it should tell about what happened, and who it affected. And how does one memorialize such a vast and distributed tragedy like COVID-19, which was devastating physically but also divisive politically?Don't Forget to Remember
Released:
Jan 30, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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