International conference showcases cases of recovery of historical memory from around the world
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19/06/2024
Experts from all over the world will meet at a conference to be held from 25 to 28 June at the University of Barcelona to discuss historical memory; the material embodiment in mass graves, cemeteries or exhumed corpses of victims, and the policies that are being carried out internationally in this field. Among many other examples, the cemeteries for children in the Indian community in the United States, forensic studies in post-war Vietnam or the actions in the Valley of Cuelgamuros will be discussed. The conference will be opened by the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia; the Catalan Minister of Justice, Law and Memory, Gemma Ubasart, and the Secretary of State for Democratic Heritage, Fernando Martínez.
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19/06/2024
Experts from all over the world will meet at a conference to be held from 25 to 28 June at the University of Barcelona to discuss historical memory; the material embodiment in mass graves, cemeteries or exhumed corpses of victims, and the policies that are being carried out internationally in this field. Among many other examples, the cemeteries for children in the Indian community in the United States, forensic studies in post-war Vietnam or the actions in the Valley of Cuelgamuros will be discussed. The conference will be opened by the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia; the Catalan Minister of Justice, Law and Memory, Gemma Ubasart, and the Secretary of State for Democratic Heritage, Fernando Martínez.
The meeting, named “Weaving Memory: Public Policies, Mass Graves and Materialities”, will open with a talk by anthropologist Elisabeth Davis, from Princeton University, on the conflict between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. Davis will speak about the material presence of war on this Mediterranean island.
The first panel is “Memory policies and human remains”. Tâm Ngo, from the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, will speak on the policy of forensic analysis in post-war Vietnam. The memory of conflicts in Peru and Colombia will also be discussed.
An entire panel will focus on Native American memorials. Marcha F. Small, from Montana State University, will describe children’s burial grounds at boarding schools for the Indian community, while Emily Briggs, from the University of Minnesota, will focus on the repatriation of Native American ancestors.
The first panel is “Memory policies and human remains”. Tâm Ngo, from the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, will speak on the policy of forensic analysis in post-war Vietnam. The memory of conflicts in Peru and Colombia will also be discussed.
An entire panel will focus on Native American memorials. Marcha F. Small, from Montana State University, will describe children’s burial grounds at boarding schools for the Indian community, while Emily Briggs, from the University of Minnesota, will focus on the repatriation of Native American ancestors.
The cemeteries for children of the Indian community in the United States, forensic studies after the Vietnam War or the actions in the Valley of Cuelgamuros will be analysed.
Mourning ceremonies during COVID-19
COVID-19, specifically in the United States, will also be the subject of one of the conference lectures. Sarah Wagner, an anthropologist from George Washington University, will address mourning ceremonies through visual platforms and the impact of misinformation about the virus on the processes of loss and memory of the pandemic.
Other aspects that will be present at the event are the policies and laws of remembrance in Spain and other states, the vision of gender and diversity in commemorations linked to historical memory, and how memory is embodied in words, images, monumental spaces, various archival materials, etc. The meeting will end with a round table titled “From the Valley of the Fallen to the Valley of Cuelgamuros”.
The meeting takes place within the NECROPOL “Más allá del subtierro. Del giro forense a la necropolítica en las exhumaciones de fosas comunes de la Guerra Civil” project (Beyond the below ground. From the forensic turn to necropolitics in the exhumations of mass graves from the Civil War), funded by the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, and whose main researcher is Queralt Solé, professor of Contemporary History at the UB.
COVID-19, specifically in the United States, will also be the subject of one of the conference lectures. Sarah Wagner, an anthropologist from George Washington University, will address mourning ceremonies through visual platforms and the impact of misinformation about the virus on the processes of loss and memory of the pandemic.
Other aspects that will be present at the event are the policies and laws of remembrance in Spain and other states, the vision of gender and diversity in commemorations linked to historical memory, and how memory is embodied in words, images, monumental spaces, various archival materials, etc. The meeting will end with a round table titled “From the Valley of the Fallen to the Valley of Cuelgamuros”.
The meeting takes place within the NECROPOL “Más allá del subtierro. Del giro forense a la necropolítica en las exhumaciones de fosas comunes de la Guerra Civil” project (Beyond the below ground. From the forensic turn to necropolitics in the exhumations of mass graves from the Civil War), funded by the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, and whose main researcher is Queralt Solé, professor of Contemporary History at the UB.
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