„In the ever broadening field of Transitional
Justice the Arts have received scant attention. Yet, it is frequently artists,
authors and intellectuals who are to be found at the forefront of civil society
efforts to come to terms with a troubled past. Be it in Serbia, Lebanon,
Cambodia, Argentina or South Africa, literature, film, theatre, visual arts,
music and popular culture are deeply marked by the violent conflicts of the
past and the present. While individual pieces of work have been the subject of
academic inquiry in a number of disciplines, the relations of cultural
production to processes of Transitional Justice have hardly been explored.
On the one hand, artists,
authors and film-makers intervene in political debates on the past by creating
spaces of potentiality and ambiguity which contrast with the judicial and
documentary aspects of Transitional Justice and their focus on establishing
consensual truths. On the other hand, narrative conventions and aesthetic forms
shape the discourse of Transitional Justice and human rights as well as the
implementation of specific instruments such as truth commissions or tribunals.
By examining Transitional Justice as a cultural form and enquiring into the
role of art and literature in phases of socio-political transition, this
conference seeks to elucidate the interconnections and exchanges between these
two spheres.
The conference aims to
investigate specific cultural products and situate them in their respective
social and historical context. It will consider how notions of truth, justice,
reconciliation and memory are constructed in works of art and literature, by
the authors and artists, and in the reception of these works and artists in the
media. Finally it will explore how this wider discourse on and practice of
Transitional Justice is in turn shaped by cultural production.”
For more details contact
Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Professor for Peace and Conflict Studies | Center for
Conflict Studies | Philipps University Marburg | Ketzerbach 11 | 32035 Marburg
| Germany, website: http://www.uni-marburg.de/konfliktforschung/personal/buckley-zistel/index_html
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