I'm trying to think of building sites that are ethically complicated. Can you help?

Question

One example is the site of Hitler's bunker in Berlin. The German government didn't want to develop the site in such a way as to make it a gathering place for Neo-Nazis, although it was obviously an enormously important historical spot. Your answer doesn't need to be this awful or polarizing; and the ethical problem may be very different.

By the way, the reason I'm asking this question is that I'm looking for interesting material to broaden an assignment for a course I'm teaching.

Thanks for your help.

Bluebelly: That's amazing. You're really thoughtful; I'd be happy for you to take the class, but I think you already know more than I could teach you. Thank you very much. If anything else occurs to you, please let me know. I'll keep checking back.

Answer 1

Along those lines, you might consider Auschwitz... something else worth memorializing, yet a bit eerie as well.

Also, without going to foreign shores you might consider Andersonville Prison, the Confederate Capitol at Richmond, or even something as recent as Ground Zero from 911. It is not likely that neo-Confederates would gather at Andersonville or Richmond, but it also seems odd to memorialize what amounts to enemies of the US Government. Similarly, terrorists will not attack again at Ground Zero, but how do you remember it in an ethically just format?

Sounds like a fantastic class. Can I take it?

Answer 2

the holy land, kashmir, pujab, afganistan, etc