Fall of Monuments as a Tool for Social Change

N. Wijegoonawardana
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This paper will explore a different form of global socio-political protest, which spread in cities worldwide and was characterized by the pulling down of certain monuments in public space. This investigates how the fall of monuments operates as a tool for political resistance against marginalization, discrimination and exclusion, a binding factor for democracy and social justice, and as a means of dealing with contested heritage. Protesters referring to themselves as ‘Fallist,’ common across the world, raise concerns about race, identity, position and recognition in society. They choose pulling down monuments as a tool through which they demand addressing of socio-political injustices. In consideration of the above this study employs the methodological application of qualitative exploratory design as well as analyzing contemporary cases of street protest surrounding the pulling down of monuments from different geographic and socio -political contexts, including South Africa, United States and the United Kingdom. This paper further argues that the pulling down of monuments is thus not merely about contesting the past; it also operates as a tool for inquiring, critiquing, and changing the present.
纪念碑的倒塌是社会变革的工具
本文将探讨一种不同形式的全球社会政治抗议,它在世界各地的城市蔓延,其特点是在公共空间拆除某些纪念碑。本研究探讨了纪念碑的倒塌如何成为政治抵抗边缘化、歧视和排斥的工具,是民主和社会正义的约束因素,也是处理有争议的遗产的一种手段。自称为“Fallist”的抗议者在世界各地都很常见,他们对种族、身份、地位和社会认可提出了担忧。他们选择拆除纪念碑作为他们要求解决社会政治不公正问题的工具。考虑到上述因素,本研究采用了定性探索性设计的方法论应用,并分析了来自不同地理和社会政治背景的当代街头抗议事件,包括南非、美国和英国。这篇论文进一步论证了拆除纪念碑不仅仅是为了对抗过去;它也是一种探究、批判和改变现状的工具。
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