How we memorialize significant events says a lot about our perception of time.
Rubber Barons’ Abuses Live On in Memory and MythIndigenous South Americans who lived during the rubber era weave fact and myth to pass down their collective memories as both witnesses and survivors.
Gathering the Genetic Testimony of Spain’s Civil War DeadNew research by anthropologists and forensic scientists is bringing hope to the relatives of war victims while challenging Spain’s “pact of forgetting.”
Let’s Keep Arguing About Flags and StatuesWhether historical plaques, flags, and building names stay or go is of less consequence than the debate they provoke.
Remember Your Loved One—Build a BirdhouseHumans are symbolic animals who create meaning from things. An eccentric movement to craft birdhouses into personal memorials has arisen spontaneously in central Florida.