D’un savoir en crise à un savoir indiscipliné
The testimonies of victims of extreme political violence have taken many forms, from codified versions within the law to artistic expressions. Regardless of its particular form, however, victim testimony has long suffered a precarious status within ‘objectifying’ sciences on account of its subjectiv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bibliothèque Nubar de l'UGAB
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Études Arméniennes Contemporaines |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/eac/772 |
| Summary: | The testimonies of victims of extreme political violence have taken many forms, from codified versions within the law to artistic expressions. Regardless of its particular form, however, victim testimony has long suffered a precarious status within ‘objectifying’ sciences on account of its subjectivity. Recent developments in the practice of the law and in the writing of history have inaugurated a ‘testimonial turn’, pointing toward a meaningful, if partial, (re)consideration of the epistemological, political and ethical dimensions of victim testimony’s subjectivity. Yet in order for knowledge of the witness to avoid becoming the subject of an instrumentalizing logic or being relegated to the status of a knowledge apart, victim testimony must be considered beyond established disciplinary boundaries. Only a trans-disciplinary approach can open a space for what is proper to the witness, namely a knowledge that is undisciplined. |
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| ISSN: | 2269-5281 2425-1682 |