Symposium Memory: Sites, Trauma & Materiality

Symposium
Memory: Sites, Trauma & Materiality

Sponsors

The symposium is presented by The Memory Waka and hosted by Syracuse University.

The Memory Waka is a partnership established in 2010 between Massey and Syracuse universities. The Waka initiates and supports projects concerned with memory including symposia and publishing the Memory Connection online journal (http://memoryconnection.org). The Waka works with partners across the world to present research on memory with a fine arts and rhetorical studies focus. The Memory: Trauma, Materiality, and Site Symposium 2023 is a collaboration with new partners, Universidad de Buenos Aires, IDES (Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social), and  CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas of Argentina).

As a means of conveyance, a waka is a Māori canoe. Waka has other meanings such as a receptacle or a chief’s carved treasure box (waka huia) containing valuable possessions including prized feathers. Waka also refers to a body of people such as a kinship group. Metaphorically, the waka is a vessel of humanity, ideas, and culture. It is also (literally) a means of travel for people allied in a common cause (paddling in the same direction!).

Memory: Trauma, Site and Materiality Symposium 2023
Memoria: Trauma, Sitio y Materialidad Simposio 2023

Simposio
Memoria: Trauma, Sitios y Materialidad

El simposio es presentado por The Memory Waka y organizado por Syracuse University.

Dates: October, 12-13, 2022
Fechas: Octubre 12-13, 2022

Organizing Partners /Alianza de Organizadores:

  • Syracuse University
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • IDES (Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social)
  • CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas of Argentina)
  • Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa

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About:

A symposium of scholars and artists from Argentina, New Zealand, and the United States to discuss memory, material, and trauma.

Practices of remembrance seem most powerful in the aftermath of trauma. This international symposium explores the diverse practices used in different nations to remember traumatic events and the kinds of material objects used to mark the sites of these events. Bringing together scholars, artists, and students from Argentina, New Zealand, and the United States, this event marks the beginning of a planned long-term collaboration to explore global memory practices.

Participating Institutions are Syracuse University (USA),  University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Institute of Economic and Social Development (Argentina),  Massey University/Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa (New Zealand)

Propósito:

Un simposio de investigadores y artistas de Argentina, Nueva Zelanda y Estados Unidos par discutir acerca de la memoria, la materialidad y el trauma.

La practica del recuerdo se hace más poderosa después de experimentar un trauma. Este simposio internacional, busca explorar las diversas prácticas utilizadas en varios países al momento de recordar eventos traumáticos y los objetos materiales utilizados para designar el lugar de estos eventos. Juntando a investigadores y artistas de Argentina, Nueva Zelanda y Estados Unidos, este evento marca el inicio de una colaboración a largo plazo par explorar practicas de la memoria global.

Las instituciones participantes son Syracuse University (USA), Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social (Argentina), Universidad Massey/Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa (Nueva Zelanda)

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