Justice of Visual Art - Creative State-Building in Times of Political Transition

Provides unique insight into debates in the field of human rights around how to address violent and traumatic pasts, reconcile divided nations, and strengthen state institutions in the aftermath of conflict; making it of interest to policy-makers, practitioners, and scholars of transitional justice, International Relations, and art theory.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Art and justice in times of transition; Part I. Recognising Transitional Justice in the Nation State: 3. From prison to court; 4. Shaping 'legal' space; 5. The art of recognition; 6. The visual jurisprudence of transition; Part II. Representing Transitional Justice on the Global Stage: 7. From banned to embraced; 8. Mapping political art-scapes; 9. The art of representation; 10. The cultural diplomacy of Imaginary Fact; 11. Conclusion.

About the author

Eliza Garnsey is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in International Relations at the University of Cambridge and is Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge. She was previously awarded the 2017 Lisa Smirl Ph.D. Prize for best thesis in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge.

Summary

Provides unique insight into debates in the field of human rights around how to address violent and traumatic pasts, reconcile divided nations, and strengthen state institutions in the aftermath of conflict; making it of interest to policy-makers, practitioners, and scholars of transitional justice, International Relations, and art theory.

Product details

• Authors: Eliza Garnsey, Eliza (University of Cambridge) Garnsey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781108714518
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71451-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Law in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Africa, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, LAW / Jurisprudence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, International Law, Republic of South Africa, Jurisprudence & general issues, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Jurisprudence and general issues, International Organisations & Institutions