Burk, Adrienne L., 1954-
Speaking for a long time : public space and social memory in Vancouver / Adrienne L. Burk. - Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010. - xviii, 191 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Act. Marker of change / À l'aube du changement -- The CRAB Park boulder -- Standing with courage, strength and pride. pt. 2. Frame. Public space, social order and visibility -- Memory : blending the personal and the social -- Monuments : permanence and memory -- A geographic sensibility. pt. 3. Forge. Continuousness of the issue -- Acknowledging the unseen -- Consolidating claims of community -- Design features -- Street smarts -- Proposition : a politics of visibility.
9780774816984 (hbk.) 0774816988 (hbk.)
Memorials--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Public art--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Public spaces--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Social action--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Women--Crimes against--Canada.
Collective memory--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)--Social conditions.
971.133 / BUR 2010
Speaking for a long time : public space and social memory in Vancouver / Adrienne L. Burk. - Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010. - xviii, 191 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Act. Marker of change / À l'aube du changement -- The CRAB Park boulder -- Standing with courage, strength and pride. pt. 2. Frame. Public space, social order and visibility -- Memory : blending the personal and the social -- Monuments : permanence and memory -- A geographic sensibility. pt. 3. Forge. Continuousness of the issue -- Acknowledging the unseen -- Consolidating claims of community -- Design features -- Street smarts -- Proposition : a politics of visibility.
9780774816984 (hbk.) 0774816988 (hbk.)
Memorials--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Public art--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Public spaces--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Social action--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Women--Crimes against--Canada.
Collective memory--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)--Social conditions.
971.133 / BUR 2010