Julie Deschepper – Monuments on The Move. Contesting Heritage on a Global Scale

Dans le cadre de la série de conférences internationales Les temps qui viennent, le CELAT-UQAM a reçu Julie Deschepper, assistante scientifique au Kunsthistorisches Institut – Max-Planck-Institut à Florence et membre associée au CREE, pour une conférence sur la contestation des monuments qui glorifient les héritages coloniaux ou racistes.

This talk addressed the recent global phenomenon of contesting ‘monuments’ that glorify colonial and racist legacies. From small alteration to total dismantlement, these transformation’s processes of the public space according to new considerations on the past and the future are far from being new. The lecture explored the striking similarities through space and time of these monumental decommemorations, and encouraged a collective reflection on the afterlives of these newly contested heritage.

Conférence en anglais.