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That is a common feature of commemorative landscapes--that they feel fixed and inevitable--but it is also the dominant conception of how place works, where a place often is experienced as a scene for action instead of the result of ongoing action to make it into and maintain it and contest it as a place.\r\nOne way to critically engage this phenomenon is to study the history of the way buildings come and go , especially the way buildings have moved around on campus and taken on different purposes over time. Sometimes, even buildings made of stone move around.</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/3c944d2fdb9c2c2a5ffeaddd74cc4e38.jpg","items":[{"id":22,"title":"Journey of the \"South Western Bell\" & Where it Rests Today","latitude":30.635537383527353227918865741230547428131103515625,"longitude":-97.66550302510950132273137569427490234375,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3c944d2fdb9c2c2a5ffeaddd74cc4e38.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/3c944d2fdb9c2c2a5ffeaddd74cc4e38.jpg","subtitle":"This seemingly sedentary bell has had its fair share of movement, displacement, and re-placement","address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":4,"title":"How Korouva Milk Bar Became a Place","latitude":30.6353008052716546671945252455770969390869140625,"longitude":-97.6678468286991119384765625,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/942fbaa402b04b6dc831f9be8ed4b07f.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/942fbaa402b04b6dc831f9be8ed4b07f.jpg","subtitle":null,"address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":6,"title":"Korouva as Memory Place in 2023","latitude":30.635321575904765012410280178301036357879638671875,"longitude":-97.6678012311458587646484375,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/be6d67c9cf232b4d8617fdb9bb3bdd4f.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/be6d67c9cf232b4d8617fdb9bb3bdd4f.jpg","subtitle":null,"address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":23,"title":"The Old Field House","latitude":30.63520615942558578126408974640071392059326171875,"longitude":-97.667814195183382253162562847137451171875,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/dd79e378d833d15820d249cb119c0b3f.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/dd79e378d833d15820d249cb119c0b3f.jpg","subtitle":"This unassuming building, now slated for demolition, is a microcosm of Southwestern’s history.","address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":7,"title":"First Location of Griffith House, the First President’s Home","latitude":30.63427538607052014185683219693601131439208984375,"longitude":-97.66463517110577186031150631606578826904296875,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d39952fce8e15eec0b7f5bb680fefc35.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/d39952fce8e15eec0b7f5bb680fefc35.jpg","subtitle":"A house that was associated with both Presidents and International Students in the history of Southwestern and was moved around a lot.","address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":14,"title":"International House","latitude":30.634109219084027841972783789969980716705322265625,"longitude":-97.66266104756033428202499635517597198486328125,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0ac563e82a78c2b5c8082130c7365a18.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/0ac563e82a78c2b5c8082130c7365a18.jpg","subtitle":"An Enduring Concept, Though Not an Enduring Place","address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":16,"title":"International House Off-Campus","latitude":30.633287611456726295955377281643450260162353515625,"longitude":-97.6635193522639610819169320166110992431640625,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0463b62cffc8c515b9e4b976c4ef094a.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/0463b62cffc8c515b9e4b976c4ef094a.jpg","subtitle":"A Moving House, Home to Displaced People, Moved One Last Time Before Being Burned Down.","address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":15,"title":"International House Reboot","latitude":30.634155128129123113467358052730560302734375,"longitude":-97.66326306408262780678342096507549285888671875,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/945d06aa56aee26f6a4dbc27049e9fb5.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/945d06aa56aee26f6a4dbc27049e9fb5.jpg","subtitle":"I-House Re-created as a Living-Learning Community Within Mabee Residence Hall in the 1990s.","address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":45,"title":"“Woody” McCook & the McCook-Crain Building","latitude":30.634790769437511670503226923756301403045654296875,"longitude":-97.6615259871379066680674441158771514892578125,"thumbnail":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4e1aaa9d4d46acc1a5636d5efaf7bcf2.jpg","fullsize":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/4e1aaa9d4d46acc1a5636d5efaf7bcf2.jpg","subtitle":"One of the multi-purpose buildings that moved around a lot before it was eventually demolished","address":null,"custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}}]}