Monument Lab is a national public art and history project based in Philadelphia. Our goal is to critically engage the monuments we have inherited and unearth the next generation of monuments through stories of social justice and solidarity. We work with artists, activists, municipal agencies, and civic stakeholders on creative approaches to public art, history, and memory. Through public art exhibitions, participatory research projects, a national fellows program, and a new website and podcast, Monument Lab is building research and creating conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments.
Speculative Monuments for Philadelphia
This data describes proposals for future monuments collected from Philadelphia residents and visitors to during Monument Lab events. Each proposal was transcribed and analyzed by the Monument Lab team, and is identified with the location of the proposed monument.
Resources
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Monument proposals from 2017 Citywide Exhibition
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This data describes 4500 proposals for monument collected from Philadelphia residents and visitors during a citywide exhibition in Autumn, 2017. The proposals were gathered at more than 10 sites throughout the city. Each proposal was transcribed and analyzed by the Monument Lab team, and is identified with the location of the proposed monument. The dataset also includes the age and home zip code of the creator of each proposal. The research team produced a Report to the City of their summary findings presented to the Mayor and all the city commissioners, and made available in library branches throughout the city.
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Monument proposals from 2015 Discovery Phase Exhibition
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This data describes more than 450 proposals for monument collected from Philadelphia residents and visitors during a three week exhibition in the City Hall courtyard in May, 2015. Each proposal was transcribed and analyzed by the Monument Lab team, and is identified with the location of the proposed monument. The dataset also includes the age and home zip code of the creator of each proposal.
Additional Info
| Created | October 6, 2015 |
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| Category | Arts / Culture / History |
| License | License Not Specified |
| Maintainer | Laurie Allen |
| Maintainer Email | laurie.allen@gmail.com |