Introduction: Listening for a Change (syllabus)

Watch these interview sections, but not all at once

Interview with Mr. Ireland Gene Beazley
Interview with Ms. Tina Duroy
Interview with Deputy Roger Wade

Answer the following questions for at least one interview, or as many as you would like

Response to Interviews

Review these sections of our website

why narratives?
process & product

Where are we coming from? We will talk about traditions and models that we do not exactly replicate, but with which we do share similarities. These traditions include all of the following:

- Restorative Justice: many resources here

- Transitional Justice ("truth and reconciliation") Here's a good place to begin to learn about transitional justice

- Testimonios, in the Latin American sense

- Oral histories

- Oral traditions

Writings about history and memory

- Psychoanalytic theory regarding trauma and narrative

- Anthropology/ethnography, especially the reflexive move in anthropology

- Writings about the aftermath of the Holocaust, including the distinct purposes and effects of the Nuremberg trials and the trial of Adolf Eichmann

Questions to ask yourself

Can you, and are you willing, to work on issues that move you deeply, without assuming the role of an advocate?

Are you willing to -- at times -- set aside your own beliefs, personal experiences, and knowledge, however gained and simply listen to other people's experiences?

Do you think that research is a waste of time and that the project should be doing more?

Recommended reading

resources on truma, narrative, history & memory

readings on methods

readings on the effects of violence