Decision-making processes for public memorials in Seoul: How well do they reflect and contribute to South Korea's democracy?. (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stevens, Quentin
• Is Part Of: Environment and planning. Volume 38:Number 7/8(2020)
• Page Start: 1328
• Page End: 1347
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: Planning -- decision-making -- democracy -- memorials -- South Korea; Political geography -- Periodicals; Geopolitics -- Periodicals; Policy sciences -- Periodicals; Territory -- Periodicals; 320.1205
• DOI: 10.1177/2399654420920286
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-6544

Abstract

This paper examines public planning processes for a very specific element of the urban environment: memorials that are placed within the public realm. It explores how the decision-making processes for these installations shape and approve their themes, forms, and placements, through interviews with the key protagonists of a series of public memorial projects that have been created in Seoul over the past 15 years. It focuses on evaluating if and how these decision-making processes are democratic.