ABSTRACT Traditionally, public memory scholarship looks to the monuments and memorials inscribed with cultural narratives of the past. Yet, public memory is also a process of formation and deformation, of comings and goings, much like the tourists entering and exiting a city such as Reno, NV. For this project, the authors of this essay took up Stephanie Springgay and Sarah E. Truman's “walking methodologies” to explore the ephemeral experiences of the University of Nevada, Reno campus and its plans for expansion and revitalization in the surrounding area. Through a series of four vignettes (Recollection, Embodiment, Ephemera, and Unformed Objects), we offer themed reflections of our experiences, including our collective senses of contradiction, confusion, and (dis)connections with the city and campus. We contend that as cities and campuses consider revitalization projects, they should recall the experiences and narratives of the city as a part of their histories and public memories. Those narratives should include moments of formation and deformation as leaders and academics seek to preserve the public memory of the city.

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记忆和迷失的社区：研究地点的奇怪方法

摘要传统上，公共记忆奖学金主要用于刻有过去文化叙事的纪念碑和纪念馆。然而，公共记忆也是一个来来往往的形成和变形的过程，就像游客进出内华达州里诺市的游客一样。对于这个项目，本文的作者采用了斯蒂芬妮·斯普林盖（Stephanie Springgay）和莎拉·E·杜鲁门（Sarah E. Truman）的“步行方法”，以探索内华达大学，里诺校区的短暂经历以及其在周边地区的扩张和复兴计划。通过一系列四个小插曲（回忆，体现，短暂和未成形的物体），我们对我们的经历进行了主题化的反映，包括我们对城市，校园的矛盾，困惑和（不）联系的集体意识。我们认为，在城市和校园考虑进行振兴项目时，他们应该回想起城市的经历和叙述，作为其历史和公众记忆的一部分。这些叙述应包括领导人和学者寻求维护城市公众记忆的形成和变形的时刻。