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Urban Dialectics, Misrememberings, and Memory-Work: The Halsey Map of Charleston, South Carolina.
- Source :
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International Journal of Historical Archaeology . Dec2020, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p989-1014. 26p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- In 1949, a lumber executive and city alderman in Charleston, South Carolina, named Alfred O. Halsey produced a visually unique map of the Charleston peninsula. The map highlights the fluctuations and changes of the urban landscape through time and traces the contours of historic events in the city. Although his depiction is compelling, tapping into a dialectical understanding of the city landscape, there are distinct cultural forgettings and silences in the map particularly in terms of the city's long historical trajectory of racial inequality and systemic violence. The following discussion both unpacks Halsey's dialectical vision of the peninsula, and indicate a space where archaeology can intervene in the gaps and silences in an act of memory-work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10927697
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Historical Archaeology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 146734226
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-019-00533-8