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print this pageWhat Has Been Will be Again: Place, Time, and the Politics of Remembrance
Jared Ragland
Friday, October 20 - 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Corn Center, Room 150
In a moment of pandemic, protest, and polarization, photographer Jared Ragland has journeyed across Alabama to survey his home state's cultural and physical landscape. By tracing the Trail of Tears, Old Federal Road, and de Soto's 1540 expedition route, "What Has Been Will Be Again" contends with Alabama's fraught past and present and reveals problematic patterns at the nexus of broader American identity. In this presentation, Ragland will discuss the project's strategic focus on the importance of place, the passage of time, and the political dimensions of remembrance as means of confronting white supremacist myths of American exceptionalism. "What Has Been Will Be Again" was commissioned by the Columbus, Georgia-based Do Good Fund in 2020 and supported by a Columbus State University artist residency in 2022.
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