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May 25, 20260 citationsOpen Access

In whose name?: on statues, place and pain in South Africa

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HCHuman Sciences Research Council

Key Points

  • The chapter investigates how people understand their experiences with cultural heritage objects in South Africa.
  • Analysis of interactions with statues and monuments
  • Exploration of meanings attached to cultural heritage items
  • Contextual examination of South African historical narratives
  • Statues and monuments carry significant historical meanings and emotional weight.
  • Interactions with these cultural heritage objects reveal narratives of trauma and history.
  • They evoke complex feelings related to South Africa's past.

Abstract

This chapter asks how people make sense of their interaction with place and so-called objects of cultural heritage and illustrates why, in a South African context, statues and monuments are not just inanimate, innocuous things. They are loaded with meaning, histories and the pain of a traumatic past.

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Human Sciences Research Council (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13e7e80e02ee3982d329behttps://doi.org/10.14749/32379075
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