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Reconstructing the self

The end of extremely violent conflicts such as the Rwandan genocide or the Apartheid in South Africa has led us to question the psychological reparation of victims but also of executioners.

Indeed, the idea of treating the trauma caused by armed conflicts has emerged as a means for states to create the conditions for "living" together, hoping for a lasting end to violence.

The research work analyses this political recognition of individual wounds as a collective work to end violence but also as "the site of a test of possible reparation on a collective scale".

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Leaders

  • Richard Rechtman

    • Research field anthropology, psychiatry
    • Institution Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
    • Position director of research
    • Theme Reconstructing the self
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Group members

  • Clara Han

    • Research field anthropology, history
    • Institution Johns-Hopkins University, Baltimore
    • Position professor
    • Theme Reconstructing the self
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  • Emilie Medeiros

    • Research field clinical anthropology, anthropology
    • Institution University College, London
    • Position researcher at the psychiatry department
    • Theme Reconstructing the self
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  • Valerie Robin-Azevedo

    • Research field conflicts and memory
    • Institution Centre d’anthropologie culturelle, Université Paris-Descartes
    • Position Assistant Director of the Centre d’anthropologie culturelle, Université Paris-Descartes
    • Theme Reconstructing the self
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  • Lotte Buch Segal

    • Research field violences, conflicts
    • Institution University of Copenhagen
    • Position professor
    • Theme Reconstructing the self
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