13 August 2020
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If a statue is pulled down, where should it go?
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with historian Katrina Gulliver about the fate of toppled statues.
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In this video:
- Katrina on the historical origins of public statues
- Why 1880–1930 was the golden age of American statuary
- Why do we care so much about statues?
- If a statue is pulled down, where should it go?
- The strange saga of Rochester, NY’s Frederick Douglass statue(s)
- Katrina on the false dichotomy between “tourists” and “travellers”
- The crucial role world travel plays on dating apps
- Which museums won’t survive the pandemic?
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