Synthesizing collective memory and counter-memory in urban space

The June 2020 Black Lives Matter protests which took place at the Cenotaph and Winston Churchill memorial in London triggered national debate United Kingdom regarding roles that memorials play urban spaces. Stoked by media sensationalism, public discourse action became increasingly vitriolic weeks following protests. This contribution to Debates Interventions problematizes this divisive understanding of memorialization demonstrating relationality collective memory counter-memory, ostensibly were competing rationales drove By establishing counter-memory as co-dependent concepts, intervention proposes their synthesis would enable openly mediate relationships with sites thus enrich our experience contested