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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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‘Visualizing Survivor’s Voices’ panel hosted by NIOD at SPUI25, Amsterdam – June 18, 2025

How can graphic novels help us to communicate and understand the past? How can survivors of violence and mass atrocities work in dialogue with graphic novel artists to interpret and record their experiences? How can we share these narratives in meaningful ways? These are some of the questions that will be discussed during the ‘Visualizing […]

Drs. Franziska Zaugg and Sabine Rutar chair panel at 7th Swiss History Days Conference – July 9, 2025

Drs. Franziska Zaugg and Sabine Rutar from the Yugoslav Wars Research Cluster will be chairing a panel ‘Images as bridges: Graphic novels as a means of visualizing historical experiences of violence’ on July 9, 2025. This session is a part of the 7th Swiss History Days Conference taking place at the University of Lucerne from […]

‘I will not be silent! Drawn Memories in Comics’ exhibition premieres at the Wiesbaden Kunsthaus – May 22 – June 13, 2025

Starting on May 22, 2025, the Wiesbaden Kunsthaus will host the premiere of the ‘I will not be silent! Drawn Memories in Comics’ exhibition. Guided tour of the exhibition ‘I will not remain silent! Drawn memory in comics’ with Jakob Hoffman, video by Patrick Bäuml and Kunsthaus Wiesbaden, May 23, 2025. The exhibition, which runs […]

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