Creating Memories in Community

This special issue expands the field of community geography by foregrounding its vital intersection with memory work. Rooted in participatory partnerships, the six contributions explore how marginalized communities engage in place-based memory to reclaim, narrate, and spatialize their histories. Through projects ranging from Black history trails in Georgia and Virginia to Indigenous counter-mapping in Canada and survivor-led commemorations in Ireland, contributors highlight diverse geographies of trauma, resilience, and resistance. Each article demonstrates how community-engaged scholarship can challenge dominant commemorative narratives and cultivate spaces of justice, care, and healing. Together, these works model how geography can function as a relational, ethical practice of remembering, making visible, and building more inclusive futures.