Monumental Denial: U.S. Cultural Memory and White Supremacy
Crosby Seminar Room
240 Northrop
East Bank, University of
Minnesota
In this talk, Laura Pulido will explore how U.S. cultural memory represents processes of white supremacy and settler colonization. Based on an analysis of National Historical Landmarks, Pulido found that 92% of all National Landmarks deny histories of white supremacy and settler colonization through a variety of means.
Laura Pulido is the Collins Chair and Professor in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and Geography at the University of Oregon. She studies race, landscape, environmental justice, and cultural memory and is the author of numerous books, including Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwest; Black, Brown, Yellow and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles.
About the Speaker
Laura Pulido is the Collins Chair and Professor in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and Geography at the University of Oregon. She studies race, landscape, environmental justice, and cultural memory and is the author of numerous books, including Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwest; Black, Brown, Yellow and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles.