The organization of commemorative space in postcolonial Cuba: From Civic Square to Square of the Revolution
长期追踪后殖民古巴纪念性空间的组织变化，认为不同意识形态与纪念的社会物质组织紧密相连，通过文本、舞台和表演三种隐喻及三种组织实践，分析了哈瓦那市民广场到革命广场的转变。
This article carries out a long-term exploration of the changing forms of organizing commemorative space in postcolonial Cuba. From a non-representational and processual approach, it argues that there is a close connection between different ideologies, and the social and material organization of commemoration. Because commemorative spaces are socially constituted and embedded in power relations, this study addresses the shifting forms of connecting the subjective and objective sides of memory, that is, how commemoration organizes the relation between people and the materiality of commemorative artefacts. During both the capitalist-republican and communist-revolutionary periods, commemorative spaces were constructed and reworked to renew political hegemony under different premises. These transformations are examined through three conceptual metaphors—text, arena and performance—and three organizing practices—enchantment, emplacement and enactment. The focus is placed on one of the main Cuban commemorational spaces: the Civic Square or Square of the Revolution of Havana.