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Archive against Genocide Denialism? Challenges to the Use of Archives in Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
swisspeace - Schweizerische Friedensstiftung
Abstract "Considering the value of archives for dealing with the past processes, especially for the establishment of collective memory and identity, this paper discusses the role of archives in situations of conflicting memories such as in the case of the official Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide. A c... mehr
"Considering the value of archives for dealing with the past processes, especially for the establishment of collective memory and identity, this paper discusses the role of archives in situations of conflicting memories such as in the case of the official Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide. A crucial problem of Turkish-Armenian reconciliation are the divergent perceptions of what to consider as proper 'evidence', i.e. as
objective, reliable, impartial or trustworthy sources of knowledge in order to prove the Armenian genocide. The aim of this paper is to show how in a general atmosphere of distrust or prejudiced credibility judgments, even technically reliable archival records will be perceived as unreliable and biased, lacking any evidentiary status to factually prove a genocide which is categorically denied. Therefore, this working paper discusses how claims to reliability, objectivity and other similar scientifically and epistemically relevant
attributes are understood in archival science as well as memory studies, and emphasizes the problems
related to their instrumentalization by political actors within the context of genocide denialism. The Turkish-Armenian context promises many important empirical as well as theoretical insights on the uses and misuses of these attributes, suggesting that measures ought to be taken beforehand to decrease intergroup prejudice and distrust toward the 'other', so that archives can be effective in the truth-finding process." (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Türkei; Armenien; Völkermord; Versöhnung; kollektives Gedächtnis; Erinnerungskultur; Vergangenheitsbewältigung; Vorurteil; kollektive Identität; Archiv; Glaubwürdigkeit; Objektivität; Wiedergutmachung; Gerechtigkeit; Menschenrechte
Klassifikation
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Recht
Freie Schlagwörter
memory conflict; historical denialism; disrespecting rememberers; testimonial injustice
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Erscheinungsort
Bern
Seitenangabe
39 S.
Schriftenreihe
swisspeace Working Paper, 1/2017
ISBN
978-3-906841-04-5
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung