9/11, Collective Memory and Classroom Dialogues

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    Abstract

    Historical dialogue and accountability is a growing field of advocacy and scholarship that encompasses the efforts in conflict, post-conflict, and post-dictatorial societies to come to terms with their pasts. In contesting nationalist myths and identities, in examining official historical narratives, and opening them to competing narratives about past violence, historical dialogue seeks to provide analysis of past violence grounded in empirical research; acknowledge the victims of past violence and human rights abuses; challenge and deconstruct national, religious, or ethnic memories of heroism and/or victimhood; foster shared work between interlocutors of two or more sides of a conflict; identify and monitor how history is misused to divide society and perpetuate conflict; enhance public discussion about the past.

    This conference seeks to consider questions relating to these topics, with primary consideration given to the following themes: sharing sacred spaces; perpetrators as victims; and historical dialogue as part of conflict resolution.

    Original languageAmerican English
    StatePublished - Dec 5 2013
    EventInstitute for the Study of Human Rights - Columbia University, New York City, United States
    Duration: Dec 5 2013Dec 7 2013

    Conference

    ConferenceInstitute for the Study of Human Rights
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityNew York City
    Period12/5/1312/7/13

    Keywords

    • human rights
    • justice
    • memory
    • society

    Disciplines

    • Peace and Conflict Studies
    • Social and Behavioral Sciences
    • Sociology

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