Private memories, public memorials: the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide
06 January 2025 – Ummul Muhseneen
advocacy, oral history, commemoration, memorials, memorial museum, traumatic histories, NCPH 2024 Awards, victim recognition, 1971 Bangladesh Genocide
As part of my dissertation research on the memorialization of the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide, I have encountered silences in related memorials and in the archives. These silences have led me to ask: What role might oral testimonies play in remedying the silences that surround official attempts to memorialize mass atrocity crimes? Read More