Working on the thresholds of memory and silence: reflections on the praxis of the Legacies of Apartheid Wars Project

Just as stories about the past are constructed in particular ways, so too are silences about historical events. Silences about what happened in the past are catalysed by a range of factors including expedience, fear, perceptions of threat, a need to protect, political amnesia, trauma and moral inju...

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Main Author: Theresa Edlmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2015-01-01
Series:Acta Academica
Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1482