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Transitional justice processes have a fundamental public dimension. Their impact depends in part on the social support they receive. For this reason, transitional justice bodies have increasingly implemented outreach programs. Beyond the role of outreach, however, other initiatives -- such as media and cultural interventions -- can strengthen, but also in some cases undermine, the public resonance of transitional justice. How can media and art be used to engage society in discussions about accountability and redress? How do media influence social perceptions and attitudes toward the legacy of the past? To what extent is social engagement in the public sphere necessary to advance the political transformation that transitional justice measures try to promote? Examining the roles that society and culture play in transitional justice contexts, the essays in this volume focus on the ways in which communicative practices can raise public awareness of and reflection on the legacies of mass abuse.
List of contents
Preface On Making the Invisible Visible: The Role of Cultural Interventions in Transitional Justice ProcessesPablo de Greiff Introduction Transitional Justice and the Public SphereClara Ramirez-Barat Part One: Outreach in Transitional Justice Chapter 1Implementing an Engagement Model: Outreach at the Special Court for Sierra Leone Maya Karwande Chapter 2Making Justice Visible: Bosnia and Herzegovina's Domestic War Crimes Trials Outreach Stephanie A. Barbour Chapter 3 Reaching Out to Victims and Communities: The CAVR's Experiences in Timor-Leste Patrick Burgess and Galuh Wandita Chapter 4 Between Protection and Participation: Involving Children and Youth in Transitional Justice ProcessesVirginie Ladisch and Clara Ramirez-Barat Part Two: Conflict, Media, and Justice Chapter 5 Democratization of Media in Post-Conflict Situations: Reporting on ICTY War Crimes Trials in Serbia Nid ara Ahmeta evic and Tanja Matic Chapter 6 The Uses and Abuses of Media: Rwanda before and after the Genocide Timothy Longman Chapter 7 The Media's Potential in Developing Social Awareness for Justice: The Example of Interactive Radio for Justice Wanda E. Hall Chapter 8 Using Media to Foster Mutual Respect and Understanding among Children in a Post-Conflict Region: The Rruga Sesam/Ulica Sezam in KosovoCharlotte F. Cole and June H. Lee Chapter 9 "Friend" of the Court: New Media and Transitional Justice Camille Crittenden Part Three: Art, Culture, and Transitional Justice Chapter 10 From Tears to Energy: Early Uses of Participatory Theater in Afghanistan Nadia Siddiqui and Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichhorn Chapter 11 Reverberations of Testimony: South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Art and Media Catherine M. Cole Chapter 12 Photography and Transitional Justice: Evidence, Postcard, Placard, Token of Absence Eduardo Gonzalez Cueva and M. Florencia Librizzi Chapter 13 Visions of Justice and Accountability: Transitional Justice and Film Carolyn Patty Blum Chapter 14 Memoryworks/Memory Works Louis Bickford Chapter 15Literature and Experiences of HarmCarlos Thiebaut Luis-Andre Contributors
About the author
Clara Ramirez-Barat is a senior associate in the Research Unit at ICTJ. She is the recipient of an MA in philosophy from Columbia University and a PhD in philosophy from the University Carlos III of Madrid. For the past ten years, her research has focused on different aspects of transitional justice and democratic theory.
