TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Security and atonement: controlling access to the World Trade Center memorial
JO  - Cultural geographies
A1  - Forest, Benjamin
A1  - Johnson, Juliet
SP  - 405
EP  - 411
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1474-4740
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474474012455000
ID  - ref1
ER  -