CAMECO is a partner of the Agiamondo Civil Peace Service programme in the African Great Lakes Region that focuses on Dealing with the Past. Within a network of ten civil society organisations, including seven Catholic Commissions for Peace and Justice in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, CAMECO contributes its expertise in media and communication. This Special Collection brings together materials from the region and from all over the world, focusing on the role of the media in dealing with violent pasts. The collection is curated by Justine Cibembe.

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"Can dealing with a history of violent conflict through transitional justice help to rebuild social trust? Addressing three gaps in the current literature, we (1) analyse the effect of transitional justice on social trust, thereby going beyond the predominant focus on renewed violence; (2) use novel ... more
"Throughout the twenty-first century, genocide denial has evolved and adapted with new strategies to augment and complement established modes of denial. In addition to outright negation, denial of genocide encompasses a range of techniques, including disputes over numbers, contestation of legal defi ... more
"Los medios de comunicación son grandes aliados en la sensibilización y apropiación del legado de la Comisión de la Verdad. El Informe Final brinda la oportunidad de difundirlo a través de una variedad de formatos innovadores que vayan más allá del registro de historias. Los contextos explica ... more
"The exhibition focuses on how young people envision their identities in their respective countries: what mental images do they collectively have about their life experiences. Thus, this project seeks to present collective memories from different parts of the world in an exhibition that will promote ... more
"The book was born out of the need to understand and convey the experience of journalists who testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Aiming to shed light on the insufficiently researched role of journalists and newspaper material before the ICTY, Media ... more
"Memory and Erasure brings together young and established Zimbabwean scholars and activists who explore with fresh eyes the failure to overcome the terrible legacies of this period. At its heart is recognition that justice cannot be achieved while Gukurahundi’s perpetrators remain in power and sti ... more
"The call to decolonize African Studies has a profound influence on the field, with varying degrees of success. This article addresses this topic in relation to the author’s personal experiences in the publishing industry in Namibia. By describing the attempt to publish a historical book about Nam ... more
"Este trabajo tiene como objetivo central el análisis de dos proyectos transmedia latinoamericanos en el marco de la no ficción, circunscritos desde el método del estudio de casos y la aplicación de elementos de la teoría del actor-red, donde las relaciones, la conformación de grupos sociales ... more
"History textbooks are the only history books that the majority of people read in their lives. This article investigates the impact of history textbooks on young Chinese people’s understanding of their nation’s modern history, as revealed on the popular microblogging site SinaWeibo. We analysed ... more
"Hacemos Memoria reúne en sus asesorías a reporteros, víctimas y ciudadanos interesados en conocer y discutir sobre el pasado violento que vivieron sus comunidades. Este proyecto de la Universidad de Antioquia convirtió el periodismo participativo en una herramienta para la producción colaborat ... more
"[…] Journalists covering conflict zones in some cases become first-hand witnesses to crimes, including international crimes such as systematic killing of civilians, serious acts of torture and mass sexual violence. This guide aims to provide simple, accessible advice to journalists (and editors) ... more
"Using lessons learned from the work of the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR), this policy brief gives an overview of the opportunities and challenges that arise around media coverage of transitional justice processes, and recommendations for activists who wish to engag ... more
"This publication is the first report from UNESCO and the United Nations to specifically address Holocaust denial and distortion. It details the ways in which social media is fertile ground for hate and prejudice - and proposes actions we can take in response. Based on the data of billions of Facebo ... more
"Questions of reconciliation and memory after genocide and conflict in Cambodia remain finely poised. Young people often do not believe the stories of hardship and loss of the older generation, and cleavages remain between divided and stigmatised former factions. This article reflects on a series of ... more
"Drawing on cultural trauma theory, this book investigates how collective memory of the Nanjing Massacre [by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945] is fashioned in China and how the mass media, political power and public praxis jointl ... more
"Reconciliación significa aceptar la verdad como condición para la construcción colectiva y superar el negacionismo y la impunidad. Significa tomar la determinación de nunca más matarnos y sacar las armas de la política. Significa aceptar que somos muchos —en diverso grado, por acción o por ... more
"A través de historias que nos conmueven y nos tocan emocionalmente, Romper el Silencio tiene como objetivo enseñarnos a escuchar a otras personas con apertura y empatía, aunque piensen distinto; a reconocer sus argumentos aunque no sean los nuestros; a respetar sus ideas sin señalamientos y al ... more