Preserving and (Re)telling in Transitional Justice

Abstract

This panel explores the processes through which transitional justice constitutes a practice of preserving and (re)telling. It examines a variety of formal and informal transitional justice processes, including more established institutions (e.g. truth commissions) but also memorialization processes and related sites of ‘dark tourism’. This panel questions the politics of knowledge production and the dominant narratives that shape transitional justice processes (and the study thereof) and render certain views, victim groups or types of violations invisible. It delves into under-researched perspectives, such as those of children in transitional justice processes or of indigenous women in the preservation of conflict memories, and explores attempts to ensure that transitional justice processes become more inclusive of marginalized voices.