The epidemiology of attacks on statues: New Zealand as a case study.
Nick WilsonAmanda C JonesAndrea TengGeorge ThomsonPublished in: PloS one (2021)
This national survey found an association between statue attacks and the role of statue subjects in colonialism or direct harm to the Indigenous population. Furthermore, the demography of the statue subjects may represent historical and current social power relationships-with under-representation of women and non-European ethnic groups.