In search of consent: Agency, audience and identity in memory activism
Radhika Hettiarachchi
Abstract:The article presents a public history practitioner’s perspective on memory activism, critically engaging with the experiences and lessons learned in the implementation of two public history projects in Sri Lanka – the Herstories Project and the Community Memorialisation Project. It draws on personal reflections and observations made while returning to some of the women participants to renew their consent for a new public iteration of their narratives, nearly a decade after first documenting their histories. It… Show more
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