Learning through Collective Memory Work

Goya Wilson Vásquez is a researcher affiliated to the University of Bristol. She works on memory struggles and creative/radical methodologies from Latin America by examining the dilemmas of writing violence, the intersections between research and activism, and the uses of creativity/imagination in memory work.

• 1. Introduction2. The Story of the InquiryPart 1: The First Movement – Testimonial Narratives3. Adelín: Political Prisoners in the Family4. Miguel: Experiences of Exile5. Iris: Growing Up Visiting Prison6. Rafael: Living under Silence7. Abel: Knowing More than You Should8. Willy: Remembering TorturePart 2: The Second Movement – Politics of Memory9. Spaces/Places: Working Out Testimonial Spaces10. Silences, Secrets and Clandestine LivesPart 3: The Third Movement – Poetics of Memory11. Troubles with Fiction, Writing and Memory12. Writing (about) Violence13. Epilogue: Testimonio as Pedagogy

“This is an utterly astonishing read. Moving in its content. Flowing in its style. And breathtaking in its ambition. You will forever think very differently about the politically difficult questions of memory, testimonials and truth.” Susan L. Robertson, University of Cambridge