Review: Monuments and Memory-Making: The Debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981–1982, by M. Rebecca Livingstone, Kelly McFall, and Abigail Perkiss

Book Review| May 01 2024 Review: Monuments and Memory-Making: The Debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981–1982, by M. Rebecca Livingstone, Kelly McFall, and Abigail Perkiss Monuments and Memory-Making: The Debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981–1982 by M. Rebecca Livingstone, Kelly McFall, and Abigail Perkiss. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2023. 120 pp. ; 8 x 10, 3 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables, notes, bibliography; paperback, 30. 00; eBook, 19. 95. Rebekah Bryer Rebekah Bryer Independent Public Historian Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2024) 46 (2): 179–181. https: //doi. org/10. 1525/tph. 2024. 46. 2. 179 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures Review: Monuments and Memory-Making: The Debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981–1982, by M. Rebecca Livingstone, Kelly McFall, and Abigail Perkiss. The Public Historian 1 May 2024; 46 (2): 179–181. doi: https: //doi. org/10. 1525/tph. 2024. 46. 2. 179 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search There has been a rise of the portrayal of table-top role-playing games in popular culture, from television shows such as Stranger Things to films such as Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. In the field of public history, using role-playing and performance to convey historical concepts is nothing new, as first-person interpretation and historical simulations have long been effective tools for visitors and students to engage with the past by using the power of play and imagination. The Reacting Consortium, a nonprofit group based out of Barnard College, has been developing role-playing games for classroom use for over a decade. M. Rebecca Livingstone, Kelly McFall, and Abigail Perkiss's Monuments and Memory-Making: The Debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981–1982 uses the structure of the role-playing game to facilitate discussion about the controversy surrounding the adoption of Maya Lin's winning design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The game invites teachers. . . You do not currently have access to this content.