The way monuments hold sway seem stable and predictable,yet their‘meanings’migrate and their traditionally accepted roles shift.In South Africa there are monuments that commemorate achievements once considered lauda...The way monuments hold sway seem stable and predictable,yet their‘meanings’migrate and their traditionally accepted roles shift.In South Africa there are monuments that commemorate achievements once considered laudable,that have become symbols of oppressive systems.The challenge facing the current generation is to make sense of these monuments in a way that will dignify the lived situation of all stakeholders.One such contested monument is the statue of President M.T.Steyn that used to stand in front of the Main Building of the University of the Free State.The statue divided the campus community.It provoked some students to violent unrest,while others saw it as an important heritage marker.How could the seemingly irreconcilable conflict between these stakeholders be resolved while adhering to heritage laws and without alienating a significant portion of the student body?The complex process that followed relied on creative leaps to provoke public participation and stimulate new forms of appreciation amid shifting regions of concern.One important facet of this process was the construction of a reflective triangular prism installation which provoked new visual,experiential and spatial relationships with the monument,including the visual removal of the statue from the‘axis of power’,the celebration of oblique views,and opportunities to face the statue in a distorted mirror.This article will critically reflect on the poetic process of strange-making that was followed in the relocation of the President M.T.Steyn statue in order to illustrate how traditional conflict resolution strategies can be reinterpreted in terms of German philosopher,Martin Heidegger’s notion of inceptual thinking.The resulting approach opens new possibilities for creatively rescripting contested monuments;a way of thinking which engages the inceptual regionings impacting the way people live as beings of emplaced care.展开更多
In the early third century A.D.,a rescript of Septimius Severus declared that a woman who procuring an abortion for herself should be sent into temporary exile by the governor The case may be used as a clue to look at...In the early third century A.D.,a rescript of Septimius Severus declared that a woman who procuring an abortion for herself should be sent into temporary exile by the governor The case may be used as a clue to look at the freedom of abortion of women in ancient Rome.Prior to this rescript,Roman women were legally free to have abortions,but they began to be restricted thereafter.Both"freedom"and"restriction"are endowed by males.The purpose of Severus'rescript to punish women who have abortions is to protect the patria potestas(the father's patriarchal rights).And the emergence of the rescript was also a reflection of Roman society's negative attitude to abortion.The Roman Empire was governed on the basis of patria potestas.Legistation,traditional customs and the opinions of the intellectual elite formed a cultural mechanism.Women in this mechanism have the seemingly right to abortion,but the actual free space is very small.On June 24,2022,the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the Roe v.Wade decision in 1973.Anti-abortion forces are on the increase,holding high the banners of religious piety to attack women's freedom.Through research,it can be seen that in the Roman Empire prior to Christianity gained a dominant position in society,the womb of women was also decided by men.What really dominates the concept of abortion opponents today is the patria potestas ideology rooted in Western society for thousands of years.展开更多
文摘The way monuments hold sway seem stable and predictable,yet their‘meanings’migrate and their traditionally accepted roles shift.In South Africa there are monuments that commemorate achievements once considered laudable,that have become symbols of oppressive systems.The challenge facing the current generation is to make sense of these monuments in a way that will dignify the lived situation of all stakeholders.One such contested monument is the statue of President M.T.Steyn that used to stand in front of the Main Building of the University of the Free State.The statue divided the campus community.It provoked some students to violent unrest,while others saw it as an important heritage marker.How could the seemingly irreconcilable conflict between these stakeholders be resolved while adhering to heritage laws and without alienating a significant portion of the student body?The complex process that followed relied on creative leaps to provoke public participation and stimulate new forms of appreciation amid shifting regions of concern.One important facet of this process was the construction of a reflective triangular prism installation which provoked new visual,experiential and spatial relationships with the monument,including the visual removal of the statue from the‘axis of power’,the celebration of oblique views,and opportunities to face the statue in a distorted mirror.This article will critically reflect on the poetic process of strange-making that was followed in the relocation of the President M.T.Steyn statue in order to illustrate how traditional conflict resolution strategies can be reinterpreted in terms of German philosopher,Martin Heidegger’s notion of inceptual thinking.The resulting approach opens new possibilities for creatively rescripting contested monuments;a way of thinking which engages the inceptual regionings impacting the way people live as beings of emplaced care.
基金supported by the"Young Teachers'Development Funding Project of School of History"of Beijing Normal University.
文摘In the early third century A.D.,a rescript of Septimius Severus declared that a woman who procuring an abortion for herself should be sent into temporary exile by the governor The case may be used as a clue to look at the freedom of abortion of women in ancient Rome.Prior to this rescript,Roman women were legally free to have abortions,but they began to be restricted thereafter.Both"freedom"and"restriction"are endowed by males.The purpose of Severus'rescript to punish women who have abortions is to protect the patria potestas(the father's patriarchal rights).And the emergence of the rescript was also a reflection of Roman society's negative attitude to abortion.The Roman Empire was governed on the basis of patria potestas.Legistation,traditional customs and the opinions of the intellectual elite formed a cultural mechanism.Women in this mechanism have the seemingly right to abortion,but the actual free space is very small.On June 24,2022,the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the Roe v.Wade decision in 1973.Anti-abortion forces are on the increase,holding high the banners of religious piety to attack women's freedom.Through research,it can be seen that in the Roman Empire prior to Christianity gained a dominant position in society,the womb of women was also decided by men.What really dominates the concept of abortion opponents today is the patria potestas ideology rooted in Western society for thousands of years.
