Events & exhibitions
event • Fellows' Presentation
Aesthetics of Memory, Narratives of Repair, and Why Remorse Matters
![Headshot of Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela](https://radcliffe-harvard-edu.imgix.net/5f98314f-e5a2-4266-8ca8-6e0657ade074/GobodoMadikizela-Pumla_COURTESY.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2101%2C2098)
Courtesy of Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
At Radcliffe, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela returns to the archive of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to think through the horrific violence in contemporary South Africa. Is this violence a reflection of “ghosts” from the past, the death of hope in the present, or a combination of both? Looking at the possibility of repair and “healing” of what remains of violent histories and what continues transgenerationally, she will explore ways in which a sense of solidarity and responsible citizenship might be restored through what she terms “reparative humanism.” The project will culminate in a book titled “Aesthetics of Memory and Narratives of Repair.”
Event Video
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