Monument removal, relocation, and reinterpretation is a process that has several means to its end. For some, this process involves work from activists in the community appealing to political leaders. In other cases, decisions to rectify an oppressive monument come from the top down with local and state governments working with their communities in order to create a consensus around how a monument might best be dealt with. In this episode, we’ll discuss both of these approaches and the general trends in monument removal, relocation, and reinterpretation with Professor Kirk Savage from the University of Pittsburgh.
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