Definitions
"Sites & Symbols organizes projects that explore the significance to institutional life of symbolic and material sites of memorialization and commemoration. Whether they take the form of named spaces, legendary figures, public art, iconic structures, or shared rituals, these tokens of collective identity serve not only to express but also to shape and sustain systems of value that can help to forge community even as they demarcate zones of exclusion from it." (IHP 2024)
"Examining sites and acts of memorializaiton, commemoration, and celebration of U-M's history, focusing on building names, slogans, songs, athletics, and more." (IHP 2023)