How do people remake their world after it was shattered to pieces?
How do they remember violent events and pasts? Why are some things
remembered and others forgotten? How can memory be politicised and in
whose interest? This seminar introduces students to the anthropology of
memory with a special focus individual and collective remembering and
forgetting, transitional justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of
mass violence.
The seminar will be held as a reading course and is open to BA and
MA students. Language of instruction is English. We read the entire
ethnography “Intimate Enemies – Violence and Reconciliation in Peru” and
will take each chapter as the foundation to discuss the wider theme it
raises.
Trigger warning: The course will talk explicitly about different
kinds of violence – military, guerilla, gender based and others.
Organisatorisches:
Prüfungsvorleistung: Students are
expected to chair one session of the course and start the session with
their response paper to open discussion
Exam: Term paper, due date: 31 March, 2024, word length: BA (5
ECTS): 3,000 words; MA (5 ECTS): 4,000 words; MA (10 ECTS): 8,000 words
- Trainer/in: Emde Sina