The Emotional Life of the Contemporary Public Memorials by Erika Doss, especially the chapter “Memory and Public Feeling”, pp. 34-41.
What are temporary memorials?
What is the role of temporary memorials?
What is the author’s approach to the study of memorials: does she study visual images or does she focus on experiences?
Did this reading change the way you think about memorials, whether temporary or permanent, and how we express public remembrance? Why and/or how so?