Prof. Lorena Sakwan Fontaine i prof. Dorota Głowacka gościniami Wykładów im. Stanisława Pietraszki
2-go czerwca o godz. 18.00 zapraszamy na wykład prof. Loreny Sakwan Fontaine i prof. Doroty Głowackiej pt. "Gendered Objects of Genocide: the Holocaust and Settler Colonial Genocides in North America" w ramach cyklu "Wykłady im. Stanisława Pietraszki".
Wykład w języku angielskim odbędzie się w sali 208 (ul. Szewska 36).
The lecture will focus on material objects and photographs that narrate the experiences of gender-based violence during the Holocaust and settler-colonial genocides in North America. The speakers—a daughter and granddaughter of survivors of Canadian residential schools and a daughter of a Holocaust survivor—jointly reflect on the history of gendered violence as a tool of war, genocide, and cultural destruction, viewed through the lens of material evidence housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. They explore how these objects, preserved in museum collections, are more than silent witnesses to destruction; they serve as vehicles for telling complex stories of survival, cultural identity, and resistance. By examining material artifacts from these two instances of genocidal violence, the speakers argue for the significance of these objects in preserving the memory of the past as well as in fostering solidarity among communities affected by past violence. They also highlight the transformative power of museum collections, questioning how these artifacts retain their cultural significance within institutional settings and how they are used to shape collective memory of the violent past.
