Webinar series on "Decentralized Memorialization after Human Rights Abuses"

Decentralized Memorialization after Human Rights Abuses: Webinars, Curriculum Development, and Memorial Creation

A Project of the Human Rights Practice Program at the University of Arizona and the Miner Anderson Family Foundation

Co-sponsored by: The University and College Consortium for Human Rights Education (UCCHRE); Human Rights Educators-USA (HRE-USA); Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution and supported by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights/Le Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne

Memory sites are critical as they: provide a place to remember and reflect, provide catharsis, further transitional justice efforts, serve as an archive, entrench cultural heritage of those whose rights have been violated, and help prevent further abuses.  Most studies of memory sites have focused on large museums or monuments that are most often located in large cities and capitals. However, there is a growing movement to build more localized, smaller-scale memory sites.  These decentralized sites are often closer to affected populations, less expensive, and can be better tailored for local contexts.  Further, decentralization allows for more involvement by marginalized peoples, in some cases even having both perpetrators and survivors working together. 

Webinar I:  Successful Decentralized Memorialization Projects

December 12, 2023, 10:00 a.m. EST 
To register: https://tinyurl.com/2bru6prv

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