Memorial Landscape: case of Awadh peasant movement 1920-21, Raebareli, U.P.

Abstract

A city is known for its distinctiveness, geographical setting, culture, history, and historical events. Memorials are the historical touchstones and play the very important role in connecting with the past and keeping the history alive. Earlier primary role of Memorial was the commemoration and collective remembrance, but now the whole panorama of Memorial’s meaning and purpose has extended. It is no more limited to mass level rather people’s perception and emotional responses become Vital in creating meaning in Memorial Landscape. In the words of Harvey Weinstein at the University of California, Berkeley, “Memorials represent a complex nexus between politics, trauma, collective memory and public art”. Memorial affects the social memory and urban identity of the place and also offers great help in moving forward in the process of healing and plays the vital role in reconciliation, social reconstruction, and transitional justice. Thesis is an attempt to understand the impact of historical event on social memory and city identity and also to inquire into the transactional relationship between living and the dead and range of anthropological perspectives of historical consciousness and past presencing to shape the meaningful landscapes, where visitors can pause and reflect in the healing process and understand the past. The findings will provide insights into how to bridge the gap between past and present by composing the various historical elements within the landscape, as Narratives to create meaningful landscape experience and contribute to the literature on landscape studies and memorial processes. The outcome will be the manifestation of messages, thoughts and emotions through artwork, Site Design in integration with the context and many other associated aspects.