2024-11-21T18:25:31-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/141282923/a-young-designer-rethinking-how-we-memorialize-collective-trauma Nicholas Korody 2015-11-17T13:46:00-05:00 >2015-11-18T23:12:54-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/sd/sdti5gnog9g9u1lq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>[Sara Zewde] argues that while the traditional monument commemorates a singular event or individual by placing an object in a space that is a break from its surroundings, the 400-year practice of African enslavement demands a different approach. &ldquo;For Afro-descended people, you wake up every day with the legacy of slavery,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;How do you deal with that spatially?&rdquo; One approach is to translate cultural practices into spatial ones.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/kx/kx7esg05i0pl9lrr.jpg"><br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/z2/z2v0dwtkf6r4e3cw.jpg"></p>