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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2012
- ISSN
- 1474-4740
- eISSN
- 1477-0881
- DOI
- 10.1177/1474474012445447
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This short photographic essay is a reflection on the practice of cultural geography in places that are in the process of becoming historically significant. My focus is on a visit I made to the Neon Boneyard in Las Vegas in 2004, where I photographed signs collected from demolished casinos, bars and hotels as part of a research project on waste, decay and cultural memory in Nevada. While I initially explored the site to glean memory-work for my doctoral thesis on high-level nuclear waste disposal at Yucca Mountain, in another life before graduate school, I worked as a cultural heritage consultant in Australia. In making active connections between signs and meanings in-the-present, I wondered if sites such as the Neon Boneyard offer a different approach to practicing heritage in places. The text that accompanies the photographs is a reflection on the relationship between public art, junk and the practices of urban heritage.
Journal
Cultural Geographies – SAGE
Published: Jan 1, 2013