Journal article
The Itinerary of Commemoration in the Kigali Memorial Centre: On Trauma, Time and Difference
Culture, theory and critique, v 57(3), pp 338-356
01 Jan 2016
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Abstract
Exploring how the 1994 Rwandan genocide is memorialised in the nation's flagship memorial centre, this article pursues a new dialectic between history and trauma. As I shall demonstrate, the current theoretical model of trauma misreads time and consequently erases cultural difference and historical specificity in the formation of transcultural alliances. In rethinking time and difference in trauma, I develop a new trauma framework that situates the formation of transcultural alliances at the site of difference, which promotes new modes of ethical response and political subjectivity in the aftermath of violence.
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- Title
- The Itinerary of Commemoration in the Kigali Memorial Centre: On Trauma, Time and Difference
- Creators
- Jennifer Yusin - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Culture, theory and critique, v 57(3), pp 338-356
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 19
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- English and Philosophy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000390912300005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84929018052
- Other Identifier
- 991019168468004721
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- Humanities, Multidisciplinary