The question of what heritage is and how we deal with it is not a neutral one. Recent events
such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the toppling of monuments have made evident how
much the colonial past is inscribed in our built environment at the same time colonialism
affects memorialization and historiography. Hence those involved in architectural history are
challenged to re-consider their positionality. Whose heritage are colonial sites? Which
conflicting memories are attached to them? How are archives and material evidence reassessed to
bring forward the stories of marginalized subjects? Following the call for decolonization this
volume explores historical methodologies and shows the entanglement of narratives at
architectural sites bringing together archaeology architectural history and heritage
studies. A contribution to the current debate on decolonization and memorialization
Interdisciplinary perspectives on architecture and heritage International range of authors
