"The Fist" + Joe Luis
These groups were in charge of the "The Fist" and its creation
Who are Time Incorporated, Coleman Young, and the Detroit Institute of Arts?
Being in this setting makes it easier for "The Fist" to initiate public memory
What is a public space?
This is created when something that provokes public memory, such as "The Fist" is put in a public space
What is diverse rhetorical space?
What is Detroit?
Joe Louis played this role when developing racial consciousness for the US
What is the first Black American Hero?
Joe Louis fought for the USA against this group.
Who are the nazis?
Values are not always this, but they are always meaningful
What is universal?
When the monument is in a public arena, the area is being used as this.
What is an urban investment
What is "appropriate?"
Upperclass and elites would take these on in order to reestablish their status
What are urban redevelopments?
Joe Louis overcame these two things while also dominating in the boxing ring
These two things are major determinants of how value, is uniquely applied to a certain subject
What are location and audience?
This is what people do when they look at something and apply themselves and their background through it.
What is cultural projection?
The four qualities that people attached to the statue
This is a culture unique to Detroit because of its location
What is car culture?
What is open interpretation (of its meaning)
Art connoisseurs engage in this because of the room for public memory and cultural background
What is interpretation?
Corporate and government elites use the monument for their benefits, but cloak that intention behind this
Urban builders often created this as a tangible divide
What are physical barriers?
Redevelopment projects, causing 'root shock,' would primarily take place in these parts of the city
What is Inner-City?
"The Fist" helped develop this while changing the perspective of the majority at the time so that blacks could be part of the American National Identity
What is racial consciousness
When public memory and cultural projection are engaged, these things are highlighted and emotions are triggered
What are values and experiences?
The monument is both with and without this, yet when it has it, it is never the same.
what is meaning?
Urban planners made divides in order to "seal off" these things.
What are conflicting or dissonant sides?
The past and present are shown through power and force, or these two concepts, and how they have been active in Detroit
What is Black political power and black supremacy?