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Re-thinking memory and transitional justice: A novel application of ecological memory
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
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| Author | Clark, Janine Natalya |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Abstract | While transitional justice processes call upon individuals and societies to recall and remember, memory practices – and more specifically the frequent politicisation of memory in transitional societies – can undermine transitional justice goals, including peace and reconciliation. This interdisciplinary article seeks to re-think the relationship between transitional justice and memory. It does so by introducing the concept of ecological memory, a supra-political form of memory centred on complex ecosystem responses to disturbance events and the development of resilience to future shocks and stressors. Transposing the concept of ecological memory to the novel context of transitional justice can ultimately foster a new alignment between memory and transitional justice that is more conducive to the realisation of the latter’s core goals. Drawing on empirical data, the article seeks to demonstrate that transitional justice processes can contribute to fostering ecological memory by giving attention to the ecological legacies of war crimes and human rights violations. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1750698020959813?download=true |
| Starting Page | 695 |
| Ending Page | 712 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| ISSN | 17506980 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Journal | Memory Studies (MSS) |
| e-ISSN | 17506999 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1750698020959813 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2020-10-07 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2020 |
| Subject Keyword | ecological memory resilience transitional justice ecological legacies politicised memory |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Social Psychology Cultural Studies |
