memorial
Let an agent handle memorials by what they commemorate, form, location, care and meaning, and respect grief and contested memory.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle memorials by what they commemorate, form, location, care and meaning, and respect grief and contested memory.
An object, structure or place established to preserve the memory of a person, group or event, such as a memorial tree, plaque, garden or monument.
What it is for: Remembering and honouring.
It can be visit and pay respects; maintain and protect it; research its history; hold ceremonies.
Distinguishing features
Purpose is remembrance
Forms range from trees to monuments
Often protected
Meanings can be contested
What it looks like
Plaques, stones, trees, gardens, statues and inscriptions; memorial trees include peace and liberation trees.
How it is recognised
Inscriptions and dedications
Memorial trees and gardens
Commemorative ceremonies
Related models
is a kind of - commemorative structure
commemorates - subject
is protected as - listing
is used in - remembrance
In practice
Families and kinds
war memorials
memorial trees such as the Anne Frank tree
plaques
memorial gardens
online memorials
Identifiers
memorial register id national registers such as the UK War Memorials Register records
Standards and regulation
Heritage protection law
War graves and memorials law
Failure modes and hazards
Vandalism
Neglect
Disrespectful use
Also called
+70
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.memorial-artifact
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Subject Who or what it remembers.
Purpose defines it.
Dedication
Subject.
Dedication
What it commemorates.
- Who or what does it commemorate? provenance
- What does the inscription say? provenance
Origin
Who created it.
Origin
Creation.
- Who created it, and when? provenance
- Why? provenance
Form What it is.
Form decides care.
Type
Tree, plaque, stone.
Type
Memorial type.
- What form does the memorial take? definition
- Where is it? definition
Condition
State.
Condition
Condition.
- What condition is it in? measurement
- Who maintains it? provenance
Use Visiting and ceremonies.
Respectful use.
Visiting
Access.
Visiting
Visiting information.
- How can it be visited? action
- Is conduct expected to be quiet? definition
Ceremonies
Commemorations.
Ceremonies
Ceremonies.
- Which ceremonies take place? definition
- When? measurement
Protection Heritage and meaning.
Memorials are protected and sometimes contested.
Status
Listing.
Status
Protection status.
- Is it protected? provenance
- How can damage be reported? action
Meaning
Contested memory.
Meaning
Contestation.
- Is its meaning contested? boundary
- Which process decides changes? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should memorial types be separate entries?
- How should registers be linked?
- How should contested memorials be described?