‘Breaking the Dead Silence: Engaging with the Legacies of Empire and Slave-Ownership in Bath and Bristol’s Memoryscapes’, published by Liverpool University Press, 19 voices exploring resonances and reverberations on the aftermath of the racist murder of George Floyd and the toppling of a statue to a slave trader in Bristol. Three chapters are about different approaches to walking in the memoryscape, one written by artist-reseacher Richard White. The launch is an opportunity to meet authors and continue the discussion on the issues raised in the book
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