FFS 292 - Monuments: Commemoration and Community in the Francophone World

0.5 unit(s)

In this intensive course, students reflect on the role that monuments play in the francophone world and collaborate in the creation of an exhibition on the subject. Students research and present monuments throughout the francophone world in order to unpack the social and political stakes of memorialization. Among other questions, we consider: what constitutes a monument? What are they for? Who are they for? How do they create, concretise, and efface communities? What cultural myths do they embody? How does the public interact with and contest the monuments they encounter in their daily lives? Through these conversations, students gain theoretical tools which they use to analyze and critique monuments in their local community, and to create an on-campus exhibition.

One 2-hour period.

Not offered in 2025/26.

Course Format: INT