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Popular Memories is a vital addition to the rhetorical study of public memory in that it draws attention to the often neglected elements of citizen engagement and participation. By exploring different forms of participatory commemoration, Haskins demonstrates the ways that engagement can be energized or minimized and the potential impact such engagement might have on democratic culture. --Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies, Syracuse University Popular Memories provides insight into the tensions between communal acts that make public memory an ongoing project of the people, and larger forces that sometimes highjack memorializing moments in the service of state or private concerns. Through deft readings of vibrant, and sometimes problematic, invitations to memorialize, Ekaterina Haskins offers a provocative exploration of the possibilities of participatory forms of memorializing for ordinary people to engage in meaningful practices of citizenship beyond voting. At a time when public spheres appear to be either moribund or mundane, Haskins shows how significant moments and events can enlist publics at once diverse and inclusive, and capacitated to shape public memory. --Gerard A. Hauser, College Professor Emeritus of Distinction in Rhetoric, University of Colorado Boulder

Popular Memories is a vital addition to the rhetorical study of public memory in that it draws attention to the often neglected elements of citizen engagement and participation. By exploring different forms of participatory commemoration, Haskins demonstrates the ways that engagement can be energized or minimized and the potential impact such engagement might have on democratic culture. Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies, Syracuse University Popular Memories provides insight into the tensions between communal acts that make public memory an ongoing project of the people, and larger forces that sometimes highjack memorializing moments in the service of state or private concerns. Through deft readings of vibrant, and sometimes problematic, invitations to memorialize, Ekaterina Haskins offers a provocative exploration of the possibilities of participatory forms of memorializing for ordinary people to engage in meaningful practices of citizenship beyond voting. At a time when public spheres appear to be either moribund or mundane, Haskins shows how significant moments and events can enlist publics at once diverse and inclusive, and capacitated to shape public memory. Gerard A. Hauser, College Professor Emeritus of Distinction in Rhetoric, University of Colorado Boulder

Popular Memories is a vital addition to the rhetorical study of public memory in that it draws attention to the often neglected elements of citizen engagement and participation. By exploring different forms of participatory commemoration, Haskins demonstrates the ways that engagement can be energized or minimized and the potential impact such engagement might have on democratic culture. --Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies, Syracuse University

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Ekaterina V. Haskins is an associate professor of rhetoric in the Department of Communication and Media at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. She is the author of the award-winning book Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle and numerous essays on rhetoric, visual culture, and public memory. Haskins lives in Troy, New York, USA where she serves on the board of trustees of the Rensselaer County Historical Society.

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