Moving Monuments is a research project based at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. It investigates how public statues and monuments from the Danish colonial era continue to shape memory culture today, both materially and symbolically.
Led by Associate Professor Mathias Danbolt, the project examines how historical sculptures—originally created to uphold colonial worldviews—are being reinterpreted, contested, or relocated in the present. It focuses especially on how these monuments are involved in the ongoing negotiation of postcolonial and decolonial cultural heritage in Denmark and the wider Nordic region.
The project explores:
- The transformation of the meaning of monuments in contemporary society
- How debates around public art relate to race, history, and national identity
- The institutional challenges of collecting, preserving, or removing contested monuments
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