Pennhurst: Why We Must Remember
In this last post about Pennhurst Asylum, I reflect on gratitude, empathy, and the responsibility to preserve memory and humanity. I also explore why remembering Pennhurst is a moral act of courage.
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Pennhurst: Tension and Reckoning
In my fifth post about Pennhurst Asylum, I write about the contested future of Pennhurst Asylum and how its haunted past is coming up against data-center plans. Can memory survive redevelopment?
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Pennhurst: The Smell of Memory
In my fourth post about Pennhurst Asylum, I step inside through scent and memory to explore how the odors of decay and autumn air reveal history, emotion, and forgotten lives.
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Pennhurst: Voices of the Forgotten
In my third post about Pennhurst Asylum, once known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, I discuss voices of those who were never allowed to speak.
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Pennhurst: Structures that Speak
In my second post about Pennhurst Asylum, once known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, I discuss the architecture and how its abandonment affects visitors.
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Pennhurst: A Place of Memory, Decay, and Reckoning
Step inside the haunting history of Pennhurst Asylum, once known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic. In this first installment of my Pennhurst series, I explore the asylum’s dark past and its legacy as an International Site of Conscience.
