{"product_id":"monument-lab-re-generation-9781439923979","title":"Monument Lab: RE: Generation","description":"Beginning in 2022, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit public art, history, and design studio, Monument Lab, launched a nationwide initiative organized around a central question: \u003ci\u003eWhich stories belong in public?\u003c\/i\u003e The editors and contributors to \u003ci\u003eMonument Lab: Re: Generation\u003c\/i\u003e responded with creative and impactful projects of reclamation that provide a deeper understanding of how monuments live and function in communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonument Lab: Re: Generation\u003c\/i\u003e presents case studies that travel across America, highlighting local commemorative campaigns dedicated to advancing public memory. Featuring articles and artwork from the country's leading monument makers, each project includes a framing essay that provides insights into the varied contexts of location, culture, form, and subject matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonument Lab: Re: Generation\u003c\/i\u003e provides innovative, healing, and practical approaches to the United States' unreconciled past and divided present facing our nation. In doing so, it invites readers to engage with a broader discourse of monuments and public memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors: Thomas J. Adams, Kareal Amenumey, Sháńdíín Brown, Jonathan Jae-an Crisman, Kristen Dorsey, Aruna D'Souza, Mariluz Franco Ortiz, Jacqui Germain, Grace Sanders Johnson, Dani R. Merriman, Deirdre Cooper Owens, Naima Murphy Salcido, Kirk Savage, Clint Smith, Tsione Wolde-Michael, Eric Zimmer, and the editors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Farber\u003c\/b\u003e is Director and Co-Founder of Monument Lab. He is also Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Public Art \u0026amp; Space at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Farber is the author or coeditor of several books including \u003ci\u003eMonument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia\u003c\/i\u003e (Temple). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSue Mobley\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Research at Monument Lab. She is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eEmpty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design, Teachable Monuments: Using Public Art to Spark Dialogue and Confront Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRemaking New Orleans: Beyond Exceptionalism and Authenticity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830492234002,"sku":"9781439923979","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3f58eac-e9e7-48e7-8f0b-d71525aa917a.jpg?v=1767004643","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monument-lab-re-generation-9781439923979","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}