monuments

While statues have been the targets of groups who have suffered hundreds of years of oppression, they are just objects that represent people and ideas that those with more power desire to memorialize. On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico we’ll discuss clashes over historical misunderstandings, the harm and hurt felt today from historical trauma, and efforts to make good in an age of awareness and equity.

A new show at SciArt Santa Fe opens April 16 exploring the idea of monuments and the contemporary interpretation of Southwestern cultural landscapes. And a new devised play premiering at the UNM Department of Theater & Dance blends a play by Eugene Ionesco with ideas in ancient spiritual texts.

Let's Talk New Mexico 4/15 8am: The state of New Mexico, including land currently used by the University of New Mexico, occupies the traditional homelands…

Native American activists and their allies are planning a third straight year of protests during Santa Fe’s annual Fiestas celebrations.Friday’s La…

Let's Talk New Mexico 8/24 8a: Many people across the country have their eyes on the fate of confederate monuments but what about the fate of our…

KUNM Call In Show 6/29 8a: President Donald Trump has called for a review of more than two dozen national monuments that were designated under the…