Event series
Counter-Memories
Counter-Memories is a cooperation between the Goethe-Institutes North-America, the Onassis Foundation Los Angeles and the Thomas Mann House in collaboration with the project “Shaping the Past”.
In the United States, Germany, and throughout the world, citizens are questioning conventional historical narratives and reflecting on the meanings and implications of public monuments. Recent protests and interventions around statues of Confederate generals and figures such as Columbus and Bismarck reflect a yearning to correct and critically re-examine dominant histories and their ongoing legacies in the present.
The conversation series Counter-Memories investigates a number of international monuments and places of remembrance whose symbolic significance often reveals a great deal about our relationship to history. The Goethe-Institutes in North America, the Goethe Pop Up Kansas City, the Thomas Mann House, and Onassis LA convene artists, activists, and intellectuals for illustrated virtual conversations around historical memory.
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Counter-Memories: Joel Garcia & Paul Holdengräber | Los Angeles
Virtual Discussion
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Counter-Memories: Glenn North & Staci Pratt | Kansas City
Virtual Dialogue
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Counter-Memories: Mischa Kuball & Paul Holdengräber | Stommeln
Virtual Dialogue
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Counter-Memories: Veka Duncan & Elianna Kan | Mexiko City
Virtual Discussion
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Counter-Memories: Susan Neiman & Paul Holdengräber | Berlin
Virtual Discussion
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Counter-Memories: Ada Pinkston & Angela N Carroll | Baltimore
2:00 PM | Virtual Discussion
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Counter-Memories: Drew Faust & Viet Thanh Nguyen | Washington, D.C.
2:00 PM | Virtual Discussion