"June 2000." / Includes bibliographical references (p. 61).

The process of local preservation, urban renewal, and national park building at Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence, Rhode Island, reveals important facets of the urban park idea. In 1958, the Providence Preservation Society and the Providence City Plan Commission jointly released the College Hill Study, which called for renewal of the College Hill neighborhood through preservation of the architecturally significant homes, selective demolition, and the creation of a new National Park Unit dedicated to Providence’s founder, Roger Williams. The new park, established in 1965, went through a lengthy planning process before opening in 1984. The planning process revealed concerns about determining historical authenticity, supporting the revitalized historic district of College Hill, and preventing the park from becoming a haven for undesirable people and activities. Since its opening, the park has grown into a mature green space which is an important part of the civic and cultural life of Providence. The success of this park in fulfilling the goals of its planners and continuing to provide a valued green space for residents demonstrates an achievement that has important implications for ongoing urban park building by the National Park Service.

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This thesis examines the debate regarding the establishment of a memorial to the victims of a national trauma; the terrorist attacks in Norway July 22, 2011. This thesis reflects on how different interest groups are treated regarding the memorial’s design according to the groups’ own opinions and arguments.The method chosen is a qualitative text analysis where a selection of material is used to formulate answers and opinions from the interest groups regarding the memorials purpose. Constructed argumentation are identified based on the perspectives regarding the issues.  The national memorial at Utøyakaia stands to remember the deceased and wounded, but also to give reflection upon terrorism and consequences of political extremism. This purpose is debated regarding on how this retelling of history should be presented at its authentic location.The interest groups are identified through the work since everyone’s involvement is not clear to all. Different forms of power and knowledge play a key role in these negotiations, where arguments and opinions are mixed through a private and professional character.  Appearance and location are the two biggest issues. Since these are most lacking in the agreements between the interest groups. The memorial should be beautiful and have associations to the island. This definition opens up to multiple ideas regarding its design which leaves no suggestion to feel justified.Utøya today is a name that brings association to the date and the place of the massacre. Utøya is an identity that has forever changed the island, AUF and the locals living in the area. It is both an authentic historical location and a memorial grove, a tourist attraction and a place where everyday life goes on through the trauma.  This is a two years’ master’s thesis in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies.

This Diploma Thesis is based on the Didactic Processing of the National Memorial at Vítkov in Prague for the Civic Education at Elementary School. The description of the building itself is both architectural, practical and functional, especially its use in the context of various periods of the Czechoslovak and Czech History of the Twentieth century. The theoretical part is created by information about the origin, history and use of the monument site and the building, as well as information about the use of the museum and other cultural monuments or important places in primary school education. The practical part of the Thesis contains a proposal for didactic use and is based on the design of an excursion to the National Memorial at Vítkov and the local museum exposition of the Crossroads of Czech and Czechoslovak Statehood, but also on the development of institutions of offered didactical materials and educational programs that can be visited here with children. The most important is the design of an interdisciplinary activities with the possibility of using the existing exposition for students of the second grade of primary schools and equivalent years of multi-year gymnasiums in Civic Education. The goal of the Thesis is to point out the importance of interesting places and cultural monuments in...