Term | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.advisor | Redaelli, Eleonora | |
dc.contributor.author | Meltzer, Shayna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-30T19:24:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-30T19:24:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/29975 | |
dc.description | 69 pages | |
dc.description.abstract | Preservation efforts are a way to memorialize history in place, but the history of marginalized communities is largely unrecognized. Queer spaces are sites that hold historical significance or meaning to members of the LGBTQ+ community but are rarely recognized. Queer spaces are considered mobile (Chisholm, 2004) and seen as a transgression because it reflects actively living in opposition to the social norms, or dominant power, of spaces (Oswin, 2008). Creative placemaking is an urban planning practice that “engage[s] arts and culture to beautify and revitalize public space” (Loh et al., 2022, p.1). This paper seeks to determine how creative placemaking might be used as a tool to memorialize and preserve queer space. Utilizing local sources recognizing Eugene, Oregon’s significant queer history in the late 20th century, I developed and executed a creative placemaking program called the Eugene Queer History Walking Tour. I found that there is a demonstrated community interest in preserving Eugene’s queer history in the place it occurred, but I question how to connect the community to the historic narrative and memory of a place from a plaque. In this paper, I demonstrate how creative placemaking is an effective method of memorializing queer spaces by focusing on local communities, incorporating the narrative and cultural elements of a space beyond a designation, and moving beyond normative preservation practices to recognize queer space. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | |
dc.subject | Queer space | en_US |
dc.subject | Creative placemaking | en_US |
dc.subject | Preservation | en_US |
dc.subject | LGBTQ+ | en_US |
dc.subject | Planning | en_US |
dc.title | Lavender Landmarks in Eugene, Oregon: Designing Creative Placemaking Programs for Queer History | |
dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0009-0008-6769-6918 |