Rhodes must fall! Anatomy of a Protest

The recent protests about the statue of Rhodes at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have resulted in much debate and media coverage. They also present an opportunity to analyse elements of public history and its role.

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The recent protests about the statue of Rhodes at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have resulted in much debate and media coverage. They also present an opportunity to analyse elements of public history and its role.

 

 

The rise and fall of Rhodes memoralization

Since 1934, students making their way up the many granite stairs that lead to the main campus of the University of Cape Town, where I work, have passed by the imposing statue of Cecil John Rhodes (modelled on Rodin’s The Thinker), which looks out over a wide vista of the eastern side of Cape Town and False Bay.

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Quelle: http://public-history-weekly.oldenbourg-verlag.de/3-2015-18/rhodes-must-fall-anatomy-of-a-protest/

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Iconoclasm Backwards. A Lost Memorial Site

Following the irreparable destruction of the equestrian statue depicting Wilhelm I at the Deutsches Eck (German Corner) in Koblenz, a national flag, mounted on the abandoned torso, was located there from 1953 till 1993. …

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Following the irreparable destruction of the equestrian statue depicting Wilhelm I at the Deutsches Eck (German Corner) in Koblenz, a national flag, mounted on the abandoned torso, was located there from 1953 till 1993. The memorial was a reminder of the German partition, which appeared to be temporarily insurmountable, at least in the contemporary opinion. The monument’s restoration after 1990 terminated its function as a memorial. Thus, the most prominent memorial site for Germany’s partition was lost. A scandal for Public History!

 



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Quelle: http://public-history-weekly.oldenbourg-verlag.de/3-2015-18/iconoclasm-backwards-a-lost-memorial-site/

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Whitsun Break | Pfingstpause

 

Wegen des Pfingstfestes am vergangenen Wochenende erscheint in dieser Woche kein neuer Initialbeitrag. Die Kommentarfunktion bleibt aktiviert. | Because of Pentecost last weekend appears no new initial contribution today. The comment windows remain activated.

 

 

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Fresko Heiliger Geist (Amalfi, Basilica San Francesco) © Paul-Georg Meister / pixelio.de



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Quelle: http://public-history-weekly.oldenbourg-verlag.de/3-2015-18/whitsun-break-pfingstpause/

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