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Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives

The Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project proposes a new, arts-based way of gathering and commemorating the experiences of genocide and mass atrocity survivors, one that places survivors’ well-being, agency, and cooperation at its centre. Our purpose is not to develop a blueprint for testimony collection but instead to restore agency to survivor narratives.

We are committed to creating and upholding a collaborative space within the SCVN project. This means that although we celebrate the knowledge and skill that every individual brings to the project, we recognize the importance of placing each graphic novel, documentary film, exhibition, and lecture into the context of the broader SCVN community. When we speak of our work, we speak of everyone’s work, because without this collaboration the project could not exist.

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A SCVN Graphic Narrative Webinar: ‘Al-Faẓia’ – The Horror: Surviving Assad’s Prisons’ – April 2, 2025

In February 2023, graphic artist Tobi Dahmen was introduced to Syrian survivor Akram al-Saud by Dr. Uğur Ümit Üngör, the Research Cluster Co-Lead on the SSHRC Partnership Grant Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives Project. Based in The Netherlands, Tobi and Akram have been collaborating locally over two years in a series of interviews to share Akram’s unique […]

“Each detail to be highlighted on the pages of the novel”: Jessica Botts Reflects on Her Role of Research Assistant

From transcribing interviews to navigating the archives, Research Assistant Jessica Botts had an instrumental role in the process of developing ‘Two Roses’, the graphic novel created by Miriam Libicki in collaboration with Holocaust survivor Rose Lipszyc.  Jessica is a U.S. Navy Veteran who has lived in and been deployed to several countries. Currently, she is […]

Into the Archives with Nora Krug: The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

On November 14, SCVN Research Assistant Lucie Kotesovska met with Nora Krug, an internationally acclaimed artist and illustrator and author of several book-length visual narratives. Nora is currently an artist-in-residence at Yale’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, where she is conducting research of the survivors’ video and written testimonies. Her aim is to produce […]

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