Grindon, Gavin and Williams, Jennie and Hay, Duncan (2023) Mapping British Public Monuments related to Slavery. Slavery and Abolition, 45 (2). pp. 384-407. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2023.2264837
Grindon, Gavin and Williams, Jennie and Hay, Duncan (2023) Mapping British Public Monuments related to Slavery. Slavery and Abolition, 45 (2). pp. 384-407. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2023.2264837
Grindon, Gavin and Williams, Jennie and Hay, Duncan (2023) Mapping British Public Monuments related to Slavery. Slavery and Abolition, 45 (2). pp. 384-407. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2023.2264837
Abstract
This article is a product of the first complete survey of British public representational monuments in the UK related to transatlantic slavery, available online at Britishpublicmonumentsrelatedtoslavery.net. Identifying over 900 monuments, it brings this survey to bear on current public and policy debates about such monuments’ history, significance and meaning vis-à-vis slavery, art and heritage. Examining the monuments at scale, we identify the monuments’ patterns of production and provide data-led answers to specific questions such as what Britain’s most significant monumental legacies of slavery are; how enslaved people appear in British public monuments; and how this data might support rethinking these monuments.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Monuments, statues, public art, memorials, propaganda, British art |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2023 15:45 |
Last Modified: | 23 May 2024 15:50 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/36298 |
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