Event Details
Attendees, presenters and organisers pictured at the end of the seminar. (Photo: Gillian Robinson) |
| Seminar: | Responding to Disappearance in Chile, Northern Ireland and Turkey |
| Description: | This seminar is hosted by Conflict Textiles Trust in collaboration with INCORE, TJI and the John Hume & Thomas P. O'Neill Chair in Peace at Ulster University. It will feature inputs and reflections from Professor Cath Collins (Ulster University) and Dr Lauren Dempster (School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast) on efforts to recover the disappeared in Chile and Northern Ireland respectively. Dr Nisan Alici (School of Law, QUB) will present on the experience of the Saturday Mothers/People campaign in Turkey.
It coincides with the installation of the Conflict Textiles curated exhibition Conflict Textiles / Ulster University, Belfast - The search for the disappeared at the new Ulster University Belfast Campus library. The textiles on display (Nuestros/as desaparecidos/as / Our Disappeared, Homenaje a los caídos / Homage to the fallen ones, No a la impunidad 2 / No to Impunity 2 and Reflections on violence) depict human rights abuses and the impacts of enforced disappearance; systematic practices under General Pinochet’s regime which seized power in Chile in September 1973 - 50 years ago.
Seminar details: 3pm – 4.30pm, Wednesday 25th October 2023, Room BC-05-303, Belfast Campus, UU. |
| Commissioned by: | Conflict Textiles Trust and Ulster University |
| Date(s): | 25th October 2023 - 25th October 2023 |
| Venue: | Ulster University, Belfast
Room BC-05-303, Belfast Campus, Ulster University, 2-24 York Street, Belfast BT15 1AP |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic and Conflict Textiles team |
| Facilitator: | Conflict Textiles Trust and Ulster University |
| Outcome: | This seminar promoted understanding and reflection on the decades of struggle to recover the disappeared in Northern Ireland, Chile and Turkey. Viewing the Chilean arpilleras on display within the exhibition Conflict Textiles / Ulster University, Belfast - The search for the disappeared brought home to seminar attendees the individual, community and societal impact of enforced disappearance and violence. These arpillera testimonies conveyed the courageous response and resilience of the arpilleristas and their communities, as well as depicting their grief and loss. |
| Documents: |
• Enforced Disappearance, Chain of events-Chile - view
• Milestones-human rights cases:Chile 1990-2023 - view
• Dr Nisan Alici, 'Saturday Mothers/People' - view
• Photo gallery, Seminar, UU, 25 Oct. 2023 - view
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