Schwartz & Bodnar
What is the dilemma in commemorating the Vietnam War?
controversial, morally questionable, and unsuccessful BUT participants showed self-sacrifice, courage, loyalty, and honour
Where is the Canadian Museum of Human Rights located?
Winnipeg
Who was J. Marion Sims considered as?
Father of modern gynecology
What events other than the Canadian Museum of Human rights did the Indigenous Peoples disprove of (week 4)?
Residential schools
Meech Lake Accord
Who was the Veteran who helped change interpretation of participants of the Vietnam War?
Jan Scruggs
What two genres of memorials are present in Cleveland?
Patriotic and ethnic
What type of knowledge upsets familiar and dominant frameworks for understanding the world and our places within it?
Difficult knowledge
Was J. Marion Sims removed?
Yes
How was Jann Scruggs related to the idea of Vernacular views?
He appealed to those who opposed it and to veterans and their supporters --> he becomes a representative man and a public figure --> changes society and their interpretation of veterans
When was the Cleveland Cultural Gardens created? Between what two events?
WWI and WWII
why did it take 10 years for the creation of the Vietnam War memorial?
people are beginning to appreciate that they were fighting for a just cause
Jan Scruggs
Government of Canada and Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
What is Canada’s most controversial statue?
Sir John A. Macdonald
What case studies provided the idea of changes through time?
The Vietnam War Memorials & Cleveland Monuments
What was interesting about Memento Park in Hungary? (Fun Fact)
It houses all of the removed statues in Hungary
How did the idea of creating ethnic and cultural monuments arise in Cleveland?
There was an increase of immigration in Cleveland
dismantling of erect statues
Why was J Marion Sims controversial?
Used female black slaves as subjects for his experiments which developed treatment for vesicovaginal fistula
Through all the reparations given to Indigenous people, why did you think the government made the Canadian Museum of Human Rights)?
Past injustices still impact present decisions and therefore must be remembered in the present
-thought that providing an object that commemorates the past would help relations
What events in Cleveland brought rise to the idea of patriotism?
Vietnam War, WWI, WWII, Civil War
How did the Vietnam Memorial show separation between cause and participant?
There were not reference to the war and not symbols of patriotism. There are only names of those who have lost their lives in the war.
What was the park in Hungary called that has many removed statues?
Memento Park
Why was John A. Macdonald so controversial
His role in residential schools
What was an important aspect or theme that was necessary for monuments commemorating war?
Patriotism
What did the Vietnam War Memorial look like?
Large black wall with engraved names of all fallen soldiers during the Vietnam War