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Are we there yet? Natalie Robertsons Road Signs and Redirection of Cultural Memory

Date

Authors

Message, Kylie

Publisher

Sage Publications Inc

Abstract

This article explores the way that the themes of cultural memory and commemoration are embodied by the photographs of New Zealand artist Natalie Robertson. Robertson photographs the official, mass-produced road signs that exist throughout the New Zealand

Keywords

Keywords: Collective Memory; Commemoration; Highways; Land Ownership; New Zealand; Photographs Antimap; History/memory/commemoration; Natalie Robertson; Photography; Road signs

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73791

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Space and Culture: International Journal of Social Spaces

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1177/1206331205280162

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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