Aufsatz(elektronisch)#120. November 2015
Dead Spaces, Living Architecture and the Functionality of Death in Post-Conflict Settings
In: Social Sciences: open access journal, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 1118-1126
ISSN: 2076-0760
Death has the ability to influence an architectural site in such a way that it defines its identity. Bullet holes, political graffiti, and scarred buildings are evidence of past events that have involved death and continue to do so. However, recognizing death through these sites allows post-conflict nations a chance to construct a narrative that was once hidden away. These sites allow death to function in a positive manner—if amnesia-driven urban development projects do not erase them first, that is.