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Representations of violence surround us in everyday life - in news
reports, films and novels - inviting interpretation and raising
questions about the ethics of viewing or reading about harm done to
others. How can we understand the processes of meaning-making
involved in interpreting violent events and experiences? And can
these acts of interpretation themselves be violent by reproducing
the violence that they represent? This book examines the ethics of
engaging with violent stories from a broad hermeneutic perspective.
It offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the sense-making
involved in interpreting violence in its various forms, from
blatant physical violence to less visible forms that may inhere in
words or in the social and political order of our societies. By
focusing on different ways of narrating violence and on the
cultural and paradigmatic forms that govern such narrations,
Interpreting Violence explores the ethical potential of literature,
art and philosophy to expose mechanisms of violence while also
recognizing their implication in structures that contribute to or
benefit from practices of violence
This book provides case-studies of how teachers and practitioners
have attempted to develop more effective 'experiential learning'
strategies in order to better equip students for their voluntary
engagements in communities, working for sustainable peace and a
tolerant society free of discrimination. All chapters revolve
around this central theme, testing and trying various paradigms and
experimenting with different practices, in a wide range of
geographical and historical arenas. They demonstrate the innovative
potentials of connecting know-how from different disciplines and
combining experiences from various practitioners in this field of
shaping historical memory, including non-formal and formal sectors
of education, non-governmental workers, professionals from memorial
sites and museums, local and global activists, artists, and engaged
individuals. In so doing, they address the topic of collective
historical traumas in ways that go beyond conventional classroom
methods. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book provides a
combination of theoretical reflections and concrete pedagogical
suggestions that will appeal to educators working across history,
sociology, political science, peace education and civil awareness
education, as well as memory activists and remembrance
practitioners.
This book provides case-studies of how teachers and practitioners
have attempted to develop more effective 'experiential learning'
strategies in order to better equip students for their voluntary
engagements in communities, working for sustainable peace and a
tolerant society free of discrimination. All chapters revolve
around this central theme, testing and trying various paradigms and
experimenting with different practices, in a wide range of
geographical and historical arenas. They demonstrate the innovative
potentials of connecting know-how from different disciplines and
combining experiences from various practitioners in this field of
shaping historical memory, including non-formal and formal sectors
of education, non-governmental workers, professionals from memorial
sites and museums, local and global activists, artists, and engaged
individuals. In so doing, they address the topic of collective
historical traumas in ways that go beyond conventional classroom
methods. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book provides a
combination of theoretical reflections and concrete pedagogical
suggestions that will appeal to educators working across history,
sociology, political science, peace education and civil awareness
education, as well as memory activists and remembrance
practitioners.
In recent years there has been a huge amount of both popular and
academic interest in storytelling as something that is an essential
part of not only literature and art but also our everyday lives as
well as our dreams, fantasies, aspirations, historical
self-understanding, and political actions. The question of the
ethics of storytelling always, inevitably, lurks behind these
discussions, though most frequently it remains implicit rather than
explicit. This volume explores the ethical potential and risks of
storytelling from an interdisciplinary perspective. It stages a
dialogue between contemporary literature and visual arts across
media (film, photography, performative arts), interdisciplinary
theoretical perspectives (debates in narrative studies, trauma
studies, cultural memory studies, ethical criticism), and history
(traumatic histories of violence, cultural history). The collection
analyses ethical issues involved in different strategies employed
in literature and art to narrate experiences that resist telling
and imagining, such as traumatic historical events, including war
and political conflicts. The chapters explore the multiple ways in
which the ethics of storytelling relates to the contemporary arts
as they work with, draw on, and contribute to historical
imagination. The book foregrounds the connection between
remembering and imagining and explores the ambiguous role of
narrative in the configuration of selves, communities, and the
relation to the non-human. While discussing the ethical aspects of
storytelling, it also reflects on the relevance of artistic
storytelling practices for our understanding of ethics. Making an
original contribution to interdisciplinary narrative studies and
narrative ethics, this book both articulates a complex
understanding of how artistic storytelling practices enable
critical distance from culturally dominant narrative practices, and
analyzes the limitations and potential pitfalls of storytelling.
In recent years there has been a huge amount of both popular and
academic interest in storytelling as something that is an essential
part of not only literature and art but also our everyday lives as
well as our dreams, fantasies, aspirations, historical
self-understanding, and political actions. The question of the
ethics of storytelling always, inevitably, lurks behind these
discussions, though most frequently it remains implicit rather than
explicit. This volume explores the ethical potential and risks of
storytelling from an interdisciplinary perspective. It stages a
dialogue between contemporary literature and visual arts across
media (film, photography, performative arts), interdisciplinary
theoretical perspectives (debates in narrative studies, trauma
studies, cultural memory studies, ethical criticism), and history
(traumatic histories of violence, cultural history). The collection
analyses ethical issues involved in different strategies employed
in literature and art to narrate experiences that resist telling
and imagining, such as traumatic historical events, including war
and political conflicts. The chapters explore the multiple ways in
which the ethics of storytelling relates to the contemporary arts
as they work with, draw on, and contribute to historical
imagination. The book foregrounds the connection between
remembering and imagining and explores the ambiguous role of
narrative in the configuration of selves, communities, and the
relation to the non-human. While discussing the ethical aspects of
storytelling, it also reflects on the relevance of artistic
storytelling practices for our understanding of ethics. Making an
original contribution to interdisciplinary narrative studies and
narrative ethics, this book both articulates a complex
understanding of how artistic storytelling practices enable
critical distance from culturally dominant narrative practices, and
analyzes the limitations and potential pitfalls of storytelling.
In this special issue, contributors argue that narrative studies
can challenge the late capitalist storytelling industry to direct
instrumental storytelling toward more ethically and rhetorically
sustainable directions. Given this, the authors suggest, narrative
studies should take a more prominent role in contemporary
discourses of the storytelling boom. Seeking to redefine the role
of narrative theorists and analysts in that boom, the authors
address its critically different aspects while also showing how
narrative studies can be made compelling, engaging, and societally
relevant.
Literary trauma studies is a rapidly developing field which
examines how literature deals with the personal and cultural
aspects of trauma and engages with such historical and current
phenomena as the Holocaust and other genocides, 9/11, climate
catastrophe or the still unsettled legacy of colonialism. The
Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma is a comprehensive
guide to the history and theory of trauma studies, including key
concepts, consideration of critical perspectives and discussion of
future developments. It also explores different genres and media,
such as poetry, life-writing, graphic narratives, photography and
post-apocalyptic fiction, and analyses how literature engages with
particular traumatic situations and events, such as the Holocaust,
the Occupation of France, the Rwandan genocide, Hurricane Katrina
and transgenerational nuclear trauma. Forty essays from top
thinkers in the field demonstrate the range and vitality of trauma
studies as it has been used to further the understanding of
literature and other cultural forms across the world.
Narrative practice has come under attack in the current
"post-truth" era. In fact, many associate "narrative
hermeneutics"-the field of inquiry concerned with reflection on the
meaning and interpretation of stories-directly with this putative
movement beyond truth. Challenging this view, The Use and Abuse of
Stories argues that this broad arena of inquiry instead serves as a
vitally important vehicle for addressing and redressing the social
and political problems at hand. Hanna Meretoja and Mark Freeman
have gathered an interdisciplinary group of esteemed authors to
explore how interpretation is relevant to current discussions in
narrative studies and to the broader debate that revolves around
issues of truth, facts, and narrative. The contributions turn to
the tradition of narrative hermeneutics to emphasize that narrative
is a cultural meaning-making practice that is integral to how we
make sense of who we are and who we could be. Addressing topics
ranging from the dangers of political narratives to questions of
truth in medical and psychiatric practice, this volume shows how
narrative hermeneutics contributes to topical debates both in
interdisciplinary narrative studies and in the current cultural and
political situation in which issues of truth have gained new
urgency.
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