{"id":1869,"date":"2007-05-10T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:49:03","slug":"missing-plaque-project-postering-as-a-historical-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/05\/10\/missing-plaque-project-postering-as-a-historical-proclamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Plaque Project: Postering as a historical proclamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/7047\/2654\/400\/Halloween-Poster.0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inasmuch as history is supposed to be rooted in objectively recorded facts, such accounts often overlook the multi-layered texture of people&#8217;s lives and, at times, have even ignored entire events and viewpoints. As a local response to such oversights, members of the Missing Plaque Project have spent the past four years wheat-pasting these unacknowledged histories all over the city.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on subjects that have been largely discounted by the official history books, posters cover a range of events &#8212; from neighbourhood demolitions to unrecorded riots and protests &#8212; and are being put up in the areas where they took place. According to founder Tim Groves, &#8220;The strength of the Missing Plaque Project is that I am independent from the government and, therefore, don&#8217;t have bureaucrats censoring and editing the histories to make sure they portray Toronto in a favourable way.&#8221; In doing so, this initiative is reinforcing a dialogic approach to history that allows for a multiplicity of local, untold histories to emerge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On May 12 at 2 pm<\/strong>, the Missing Plaque Project will unveil fifteen new posters at the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=519+Church+Street,+toronto+on&#038;sll=43.723057,-79.392486&#038;sspn=0.095276,0.164452&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;z=16&#038;iwloc=addr&#038;om=1\">519 Community Centre;<\/a> afterwards, everyone will be invited to hit the streets and start postering. The following evening at 8 pm, the Missing Plaque Project will also host a campfire in Dufferin Grove Park and attendees will be encouraged to tell stories about Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>The recently revamped project also includes a new website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missingplaque.tao.ca\/\">www.missingplaque.tao.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/postering\/poster-potenial.htm\">&bull; The poster&#8217;s potential<\/a> [Spacing]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/eye\/issue\/issue_07.01.04\/city\/marking.php\">&bull; Do you ever feel like nothing really ever happened in Toronto? There&#8217;s a reason<\/a> [Eye Weekly]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mppposters.blogspot.com\/\">&bull; Missing Plaque Project Poster Archive<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inasmuch as history is supposed to be rooted in objectively recorded facts, such accounts often overlook the multi-layered texture of people&#8217;s lives and, at times, have even ignored entire events and viewpoints. 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