Name: What Counts? Mapping Monuments and Memorial Spaces in Kentucky
Start: 2026-09-30T04:00:01-0400
End: 2026-09-30T04:00:01-0400

What Counts? Mapping Monuments and Memorial Spaces in Kentucky

Wednesday September 30, 2026 TBA

The Monuments Workshop at the University of Kentucky is a Mellon-funded intiative designed to integrate legal expertise into efforts to improve the monument and memorial landscape in Kentucky. One of the project’s early goals was to make aggregated, geolocated data about monuments and memorial sites accessible to cultural workers and community practioners. Current national and regional public data is often incomplete, dated, and reflective of larger systemic gaps and inequities. This work details the challenges in defining and quantifying monuments and memorial sites in Kentucky, as well as the protocols and collaborations generated by the project.

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Conley Kinkead

Researcher, The Monuments Workshop at the University of Kentucky, University of Kentucky Geography

Conley Kinkead is a PhD candidate in Geography at University of Kentucky and a researcher with The Monuments Workshop.

Rachel Noble-Varney

Research & Engagement Director, The Monuments Workshop at the University of Kentucky, University of Kentucky Geography

Rachel Noble-Varney is a PhD candidate in Geography and the Research & Engagement Director of The Monuments Workshop at the University of Kentucky.

Wednesday September 30, 2026 TBA

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