Abstract
Reparation programmes in transitional justice processes imply that there are ways to repair social bonds, to dignify victims of violence, to reconstitute what is lost. But how does losing a relative translate into the twists and turns of a state social programme? Based on ethnographic research in the Peruvian Andes and the life history of a daughter of a Shining Path leader, this article explores the ways in which transitional justice discourses get translated into specific national reparation policies embedded in a series of mnemonic wars. These mnemonic wars imply different levels of confrontation, and invisibilization of subjects and citizenships.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1484-1496 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Memory Studies |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2022 |
Keywords
- Andes
- Peru
- postconflict
- reparations
- transitional justice
- victimhood