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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2020
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International journal of transitional justice
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 220-231 |
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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 |