Zebracki, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-0053-2093, Kolar, T. and Collis, P. (2024) Lived queer memorials: How socially inclusive are queer sites of memory? Memory Studies. ISSN 1750-6980
Abstract
This article delves into queer memorials: public artworks dedicated to, and commonly designed to commemorate, LGBTQ + people’s lives. As part of a broader international multisite project, we present the first comprehensive case-study survey (N = 343) of its kind, examining how everyday members of the public experience the Amsterdam Homomonument as an inclusive site of memory. As the world’s first publicly commissioned monument inaugurated for the gay community in 1987, our study shows how Amsterdam Homomonument currently occupies a realm intersecting gay and ‘post-gay’ public memories and imaginings. Through analysing Amsterdam Homomonument as a lived queer memorial, our study reveals the ambiguous experiences of inclusion and exclusion that publics derive from its place and community roles. We argue that queer sites of memory attain inclusiveness through establishing space that embraces broader arrays of gender and sexual differences, amid an era marked by heightened visibility of LGBTQ + communities (though not necessarily).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Amsterdam, Homomonument, LGBTQ +, public space, queer memorials, surveys |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) AH/P014976/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2024 12:41 |
Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2024 10:22 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/17506980241276426 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:215686 |