%0 Journal Article
%T Security and atonement: controlling access to the World Trade Center memorial
%J Cultural geographies
%D 2013
%A Forest, Benjamin
%A Johnson, Juliet
%V 20
%N 3
%P 405-411
%X Visitors are subject to extensive access-control procedures at the open but as-yet unfinished World Trade Center (WTC) memorial site. This is in sharp contrast to the open plaza envisioned in Michael Arad's finished design. We argue that rather than being merely a pragmatic security measure or a distraction from the memorial, such access-control can be best understood as a public ritual of atonement for the security failures that led to the 9/11 attacks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 1474-4740
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474474012455000