Not being able to speak is torture: performing listening to painful narratives

This Note discusses a new creative approach to intervene in the interaction between survivors who contribute their memories of a painful past and the public they want to reach. It proposes that by turning both the narrator and the public into performers of listening, they are placed in a relational...

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Main Author: Sotelo Castro, Luis Carlos (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: International journal of transitional justice
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 220-231
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Keywords:
Oral History
Performance
Listening
Sound installation
Colombia
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Summary:This Note discusses a new creative approach to intervene in the interaction between survivors who contribute their memories of a painful past and the public they want to reach. It proposes that by turning both the narrator and the public into performers of listening, they are placed in a relational context that offers an alternative space in which victims’ and the public’s memories, emotions and thoughts in a transitional context can be worked through. The method thereby corrects the notion of the public as a disembodied, virtual totality underlying state-led transitional justice institutions.
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ISSN:1752-7724
DOI:10.1093/ijtj/ijz033