In this final episode for spring 2023, Nancy Small provides some commentary to wrap up our semester of public memory study. We're also excited to announce the publication of our PocketSights walking tour focused on the sites you've been listening about this term. It includes photos, text, and short audio clips about the sites themselves. It's free and viewable online or in the PocketSights app. Please check it out!

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In this episode Thristen and Eric discuss the implications of their sites through their surrounding areas and other discoveries about their sites. Eric speaks on the infamous pasture that surround the University Statue and the difficulties that come with the call to remove the statue. Thristen provides a potential answer to “why just a bench?” along with and provides some perspective from visitors and current students.

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In this last episode for your favorite trio, Matt, Janaye, and Lucy look at their sites of public memory one last time (for the general public at least). All of them are looking to reflect on the personal outcomes that they have found from all of their research, and are taking a look at how their sites, (The Buckhorn Bar, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, and The Greenhill Cemetery) are situated in memory or history. They will also be talking about general surprises and/or challenges that popped up during their time and research. Honestly, it is a big episode of reflection and laughs as this trio really dives into the “Why should we care about sites of public memory?”

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In this episode, Carissa and Makayla return one final time to discuss their continued research and developing analyses of their sites of memory on the University of Wyoming campus. Both provide an overview of their sites, the research conducted, and discuss their individual rhetorical analyses of the elements that define their sites as spaces of memory.

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Throughout this episode Lexi and Elena wrap up their discussions of their Native American sites of memory; the Sherman Sage Mural in Hidden Figures Alley and the hallway of Arapaho Journeys photos in the NAERCC. Elena starts us off by discussing Sherman Sage’s life and work both on the reservation and for the government. She brings up Catherine Palczewski’s concept of the importance of labels and mnemonicide. Lexi then takes us back to the NAERCC and discusses the lack of equal representation of Wyoming tribes before focusing on the concepts of anachronism and counter (hi)story. The two then turn their attention to the rhetorical analyses of these two sites. Elena discuesses artistic choices and how they portray Sherman Sage and Nora’s acceleration of history. Lexi discusses the similar affect of the nmeumonicide of the NEARCC Arapaho Journeys hallway of photos with the rumor that the photos may be changing along with Palczewski’s importance of language naming as it relates to the name of the ‘exhibit’ in the hallway. The two finish their discussion by talking about what challenges they faced throughout this project.

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This episode Lexi and Elena review placemaking by taking the listener through their sites of public memory, the hallway of photos in the NAERCC and the Sherman Sage memorial in “Hidden Figures” alley. Lexi details photos you can see in the hallway and how those photos create meaning for the site. Elena then takes us through the accomplishments of Sherman Sage. They then discuss their trip to the archives and the struggles to find information therein. Both Lexi and Elena detail secondary academic research as their methodology for research. The episode is wrapped up with a conversation on decolonization and what that means for their sites of memory.

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In this episode, Janaye, Lucy, and Matt revisit their larger public memory sites within Laramie, and give updates on how their research over these sites is going. All three discuss what research methods they have been using to explore their public memory sites, ranging from archives to interviews.The trio shares new information they have discovered through their research, and also provide examples of where they have come up short. The group then spends some time discussing public memory and how these larger sites of public memory relate and differ from one another and how they plan to continue their research.

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In their second episode Thristen and Eric talk more about the people and events behind their sites.  Eric discusses the man who created the “University Family” sculpture in the first place while Thristen focuses more on the people and then story behind the Mathew Shepard Memorial Bench.  They discuss the research process they each went through and the trials and tribulations they had to experience.

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In this episode, Carissa and Makayla return to discuss the research approaches used to study their sites of memory on the University of Wyoming campus. Makayla and Carissa discuss the ups and downs of researching sites of memory. Makayla discusses her use of newspapers, recordings, American Heritage Center archives, and ethnographic approaches such as placemaking. Carissa discusses her use of newspapers, a scholarly novel, personal observations, and the prospect for future interviews. While both have found challenges in their research, the success of finding new information leads to more questions and future speculations.

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In this episode, Matt, Janaye and Lucy talk about their larger sites of public memory within Laramie. The Buckhorn Bar examined by Janaye, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ explored by Matt, and the Greenhill Cemetery analyzed by Lucy, have all been a part of the Laramie culture since the early 1900s or earlier. The group spends some time explaining their sites and speculate over why these sites are so important to the narrative and public memory of our home Laradise. They also discuss the similarities within their own sites that they’ve chosen but also the differences that come from choosing such larger public memory sites.

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University of Wyoming English Department website: http://www.uwyo.edu/english/ 

Music by Mr. Smith, “Be Cool” from the album Streamliner Used under Creative Commons License 4.0 International From the Free Music Archive