| Where do we see monuments both in our local community and in the wider world? |
| What is the purpose of these monuments? |
| How has the legacy of Hernan Cortes been memorialized through texts (both written and visual), artwork, and other physical monuments? |
| How does the authorship of these texts shape our consumption of them? Whose story does each commemoration of Cortes tell? |
| How do we as a society grapple with monuments to painful periods in history? How should these monuments be treated? |
