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“The Wall/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall?”

“The Wall/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall?” Public History Reviews 631 in scope and clearly organized, this project will be valuable to academic and nonacademic audiences that continue to debate the value of public memorials. Julian C. Chambliss Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan doi: 10.1093/jahist/jaac348 “e W Th all/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall ?N ” ational Building Museum, Washington, D.C. https://www.nbm.org/exhibition/the-wall/. Temporary exhibition, Nov. 6, 2022–July 3, 2023. Sarah A. Leavitt, exhibition - cura tor; Matter Architecture Practice, exhibition design; MGMT.design, exhibition graphics. “e W Th all/El Muro” is written in jumbo letters on a replica of the U.S.-Mexico border wall—on a bollard fence that is characterized by tall, vertical steel slats on bases buried in the ground. The bollard fence is used throughout the exhibit to present a wide variety of information, including dates of immigration laws and other important politi-cal mo ments such as the Mexican American War, the 1970s–1980s refugee crisis, and increased security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The exhibit presents a plethora of perspectives—from the engineering of the wall to its environmental effects to the impact on Indigenous communities. Covering so many topics while trying not to be too political means that the harsh human http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American History Oxford University Press

“The Wall/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall?”

Guerrero, Perla M
Journal of American History , Volume 109 (3): 4 – Dec 1, 2022
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Public History Reviews 631 in scope and clearly organized, this project will be valuable to academic and nonacademic audiences that continue to debate the value of public memorials. Julian C. Chambliss Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan doi: 10.1093/jahist/jaac348 “e W Th all/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall ?N ” ational Building Museum, Washington, D.C. https://www.nbm.org/exhibition/the-wall/. Temporary exhibition, Nov. 6, 2022–July 3, 2023. Sarah A. Leavitt, exhibition - cura tor; Matter Architecture Practice, exhibition design; MGMT.design, exhibition graphics. “e W Th all/El Muro” is written in jumbo letters on a replica of the U.S.-Mexico border wall—on a bollard fence that is characterized by tall, vertical steel slats on bases buried in the ground. The bollard fence is used throughout the exhibit to present a wide variety of information, including dates of immigration laws and other important politi-cal mo ments such as the Mexican American War, the 1970s–1980s refugee crisis, and increased security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The exhibit presents a plethora of perspectives—from the engineering of the wall to its environmental effects to the impact on Indigenous communities. Covering so many topics while trying not to be too political means that the harsh human

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