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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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The Ackerman Center Podcast: Interview with Charlotte Schallié

In April 2024, SCVN co-director Dr. Charlotte Schallié met with Belofsky Fellow Katie Fisher for a conversation about the importance of arts-based research. Focusing on the publication ‘But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust’ this interview provides insight into the SCVN methodology which centres a collaborative approach to testimony. Charlotte and […]

Learning about the Holocaust at Vic High: Reading and Workshop by Dr. Charlotte Schallié

On October 2 & 3, SCVN Co-Director Dr. Charlotte Schallié visited a ninth/tenth creative writing class at Victoria High School (Vic High). The students, guided by their creative writing teacher, Georgina Hope, participated in an interactive lesson that brought the testimonies from ‘But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust’ into the […]

Reading and Discussion of ‘But I Live’ with Dr. Charlotte Schallié and Barbara Yelin at Utrecht University

On October 29, graphic artist Barbara Yelin and SCVN Co-Director Dr. Charlotte Schallié will be featured in a public online webinar as part of the 27th Workshop on National Socialist Camps and Killing Sites. Barbara and Charlotte will be reading from the publication ‘But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust.’ This […]

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