Whose Memory, Whose Monument? Reckoning with History at Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial
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2025-07-14
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In this thesis, I bring Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse memorial into
conversation. By doing so, I highlight the tension surrounding American history
-its portrayal and its ties to identity- at the two sites. By analysing the monuments’
original aims, I highlight the differentiation between dominant national narratives
and Indigenous memory, guided by Pierre Nora’s theory of lieux de mémoire. In
a later step, I analyse visitor recessions through the coding of Google Maps
reviews in a broader reflection on public interpretation of both monuments. The
key of my thesis lies in the comparative approach between the two case studies,
presenting a study of American memory and Indigenous (in)visibility.
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