12019-04-07T21:28:21-07:00Jordan Carmer7852427f9085767576ef6308f5a8e38bfc47822a316341Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. (location probably Barcelona) General Francisco Franco and another Spanish Fascist ...plain2019-04-07T21:28:21-07:00YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gZ7KJFPl9o2014-04-13T14:29:13.000Z1930-19399gZ7KJFPl9oBritish PathéSpanish Civil War; Post-war SpainJordan Carmer7852427f9085767576ef6308f5a8e38bfc47822a
1media/victory arch.jpgmedia/Monument at Arenys de Mar.jpg2018-12-15T20:10:45-08:00Culture of Repression42Jordan Carmervisual_path2019-04-18T02:25:34-07:00With the rise of Francisco Franco to power, repression became a daily part of Spanish life. Repression can take many forms, but perhaps one of the longest lasting and highly visible is the presence of monuments. In the Catalan region, Spanish citizens saw multiple of monuments rise up in and around their state. Exactly how monuments work as an instrument of repression involves interpreting the message these monuments are meant to convey. It's also important to understand that the same message was not meant to be universally received, as the monuments held a different message to the war's victors and supporters of the new regime.
Page One, Shows of Force. (I've forgotten how to add multiple pages.) - How the military became a tool of symbolic repression and brutal enforcement rather than an instrument of defense. - The continued veneration of Nationalist fighters as soldiers on a mission to purify and protect Spain. - Using frequent military presence and presentation to discourage uprisings.
Repression goes beyond the use of laws to stifle some ideas and enforce others. Memorials and monuments served as a form of visual repression. They were often devoted specifically to the dead of the Nationalist side of the war, disregarding the lives lost in defense of the Republic. And statues of Franco himself in were meant to venerate him to a status of near-sainthood following his victory.[1]
So what I've decided on for this page is to use it to discuss monuments as a symbol of repression. I've been working with two tools, both the mapping and timeline tools, to try and assess which one better serves the interactive purpose of this piece as well as has the most impact. The timeline would allow analysis over why memorials might have been created at a certain time, such as examining why the Arco de la Victoria wasn't put up until the mid-1950's by considering how the political climate at the time. The mapping tool has some potential use for examining why a monument might be placed where it was, but presents a problem in that I've only found one really solid database over monuments, and believe it might be more regionally than nationally focused.
Writing for this part of the project is still a work in progress, but I'm also looking for a way to add more depth to interactivity in this section, as well as across the board.