The Stories That Monuments Do Not Tell

If history is told by looking at places inhabited, lived in and transformed, then it is not only told through the presence of individuals and their imprint on public space. History can also be read through absences and memories, as traces that are sometimes erased or forgotten. The stories that are kept quiet, silenced or stolen are as much a part of our societies as official history; they are a part of ourselves, they participate in collective history.

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