The Author Reply: Major Difficulties in Pursuing Research on Offspring of Former “Comfort Women” in Korea

Lee, Jeewon; Lee, Soyoung Irene

doi:10.30773/pi.2019.5.13.1

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“…This lasted until 1991, 7 when the public testimony of Kim Hak-sun, a surviving South Korean ‘Comfort Woman’, broke the silence. Her testimony gave momentum to calls for reparation and encouraged other ‘Comfort Women’ to tell their stories (Lee and Huang, 2019). Fuelled by this, the South Korean government in March 1993 officially raised the issue of accountability for the ‘Comfort Women’ system with the Japanese government, asking the latter to commit to an investigation into what had happened to these women and to secure education about ‘Comfort Women’ for future generations (Cho, 2018).…”

Section: Attempts To Memorialise the Nanjing Massacre And ‘Comfort Wo...mentioning

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“…In 2011, the first ‘Comfort Women’ statue, called the ‘Statue of Peace’, was erected in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul by the Korean Council for ‘Comfort Women’. Copies of this statue have now been erected in several places, and these statues have become an iconic marker linking the memorial movement across nations (Lee and Huang, 2019).…”

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The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme and claims for recognition of atrocities: The nominations of Documents of Nanjing Massacre and Voices of the ‘Comfort Women’

2023

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This article explores the use of the UNESCO Memory of the World programme in claims for recognition of atrocities, focusing on two recent nominations: Documents of Nanjing Massacre and Voices of the ‘Comfort Women’. We argue that amid domestic and international contestation of memories and historical accounts, cultural programmes, such as the Memory of the World, have become increasingly politicised and used to push for international recognition of past atrocities. The article reflects on the character of the Memory of the World programme and the core reasons for nominations to such programmes. It also considers the possible consequences of registration as it transposes the heritage of memory from the local to the global stage (and back) and in the process subjects both memory and heritage to various forms of authorised transformation and reification. We bring attention to how official recognition by the Memory of the World affects ongoing collective memory formation, and express concerns about the appropriation of individual and local memories, as they are granted universal value.

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The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme and claims for recognition of atrocities: The nominations of Documents of Nanjing Massacre and Voices of the ‘Comfort Women’

2023

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“…The empty chair also indicates how the memorial engages its viewer’s sense of sight (see also, Lee and Huang, 2019). While the statue was placed in a way that Japanese diplomats could see it as they entered and left the office, visitors, along with the girl, look straight at the embassy too.…”

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Memorials’ politics: Exploring the material rhetoric of the Statue of Peace

Shim

2021

Memory Studies

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This paper discusses the material rhetoric of the Statue of Peace built in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Installed in 2011 to commemorate so-called “comfort women”—the former sex slaves forced to work in brothels during Korea’s occupation by the Empire of Japan—, several identical-looking copies of the statue have since spread throughout the country and beyond. While many observers have noted the symbolic politics of the sculpture, I argue for taking into account its material dimension too—with the aim of furthering our understanding of how commemorative practices are enabled by mnemonic installations. Building on the scholarship that has addressed the rhetoric of objects and places of remembrance, I ask how the statue acts on and engages with its viewers. Among others, site visits, observations, own experiences, interviews, and visual documentation serve as the basis of the discussion.

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The Author Reply: Major Difficulties in Pursuing Research on Offspring of Former “Comfort Women” in Korea

Cited by 2 publications

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The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme and claims for recognition of atrocities: The nominations of Documents of Nanjing Massacre and Voices of the ‘Comfort Women’

The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme and claims for recognition of atrocities: The nominations of Documents of Nanjing Massacre and Voices of the ‘Comfort Women’

Memorials’ politics: Exploring the material rhetoric of the Statue of Peace

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