This essay analyzes the dynamics of absence and presence at the 9/11 memorial and museum in New York, as elements of their design and aspects of the haunting of the site. Of the 2753 victims, 1113 have never been identified, despite a huge and expensive forensic identification process, and this absence has been a shaping force at the site. While the designs of the memorial and the museum both evoke absence, both also attempt to render the dead present, through naming at the memorial and through an array of media, most effectively audio, in the museum. This essay examines the complex forensic identification of the 9/11 dead and the effect of the disappearance of so many, and analyzes the strategies through which the memorial and museum aim to render the 9/11 dead present.

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包含缺席，在地面零位整形

本文分析了纽约9/11纪念馆和博物馆缺席和在场的动态，将其作为设计元素和现场困扰的方面。在2753名受害者中，尽管进行了巨大且昂贵的法医鉴定程序，但从未发现1113名受害者，而且这种失踪一直是现场的塑造力量。虽然纪念馆和博物馆的设计都让人想起缺席的地方，但两者都试图通过在纪念馆上命名以及通过博物馆中的各种媒体（最有效地是音频）来呈现死者的存在。本文探讨了对9/11死者的复杂法医鉴定以及许多人失踪的影响，并分析了纪念馆和博物馆旨在呈现9/11死者的策略。