BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:CGHR Research Group: The Art of Justice and the Justice of Art  - 
 Eliza Garnsey (POLIS)\, Discussant: Dr. Duncan Bell (POLIS)
DTSTART:20150601T110000Z
DTEND:20150601T120000Z
UID:TALK53553@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:38366
DESCRIPTION:At the heart of this paper lies an urge to understand the rela
 tionship between visual art and transitional justice: how visual art encou
 nters and affects transitional justice and vice versa.  This relationship 
 is explored in the context of ‘post-apartheid’ South African visual ar
 t\, specifically looking at the art collection of the Constitutional Court
  in Johannesburg and the exhibition Imaginary Fact staged in the South Afr
 ican Pavilion at the 55th Venice Art Biennale\, Italy. Drawing on Walter B
 enjamin’s idea of artworks as ‘constellations’ to conceptualise how 
 artworks encounter\, excavate\, and effect justice within different spaces
 \, the paper proposes a theoretical framework through which to understand 
 the meeting point between transitional justice and visual art. At a normat
 ive level the paper argues that in order to comprehend and respond to the 
 diverse claims of individuals and groups affected both directly and indire
 ctly by conflict\, transitional justice should include legal\, social\, an
 d cultural mechanisms\, within which visual art has an important role.\n\n
 Eliza Garnsey is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Politics and Interna
 tional Studies at the University of Cambridge\, where her doctoral researc
 h focuses on the relationship between transitional justice and visual art\
 , specifically in the context of ‘post-apartheid’ South Africa.  \n\nT
 he CGHR Research Group is a forum for graduate students and early-career r
 esearchers from any department and disciplinary background researching iss
 ues of governance and human rights in the global\, regional\, and national
  contexts.\n\nMore about the CGHR Research Group: https://www.cghr.polis.c
 am.ac.uk/events/research_group
LOCATION:Room 138\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, 
 CB3 9DT
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR