Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41375

Type

conference item

Titre

Research on meanings of war monumentality differences :by the cases investigated the purpose of monument erection in Kinmen Island and Gettysburg, U.S.A.

Langues

English

Auteurs

Lin, Hui-Wen / Fu, Chao-Ching

Date

2008

Pages

10 p.

Titre de conférence

16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’

Lieu de conférence

Québec, Canada

Date de conférence

29 sept – 4 oct 2008

Mots-clés

battlefields / spirit of place / intangible heritage / historic monuments / historic buildings / transmission / war / memorials

Pays mentionnés

United States

Monuments et sites

Kinmen Island and Gettysburg, USA

Résumé en anglais

Monumental architecture signifies the buildings and monuments themselves in situ together with deeper associations which correspond with specific event, and it perpetually and characteristically changes over time and space. This research has started the exploration of the consequences of the two Civil Wars- Battles in Kinmen and the Battle at Gettysburg. They both have shaped two different monumentalities over time and space. War Monumentality holds and shapes in its spirit of place, intangible meanings and associations exposed by actual causes, consequences, and the extent of events to form cultural heritages.Through this paper’s argument it is possible to give rise to a singular hypothesis to memorials/monuments and to add further insight into the public ambitions behind war monumentality. In conclusion, this study asserts that althoughthe war monuments are a consequence of Civil Wars per se, these are nevertheless represent dialectical spirit of places by what they commemorate.

Document joint

77-8Nrd-122.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)