Archives against Genocide Denialism?

28 March 2017

Challenges to the Use of Archives in Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation.

Considering the value of archives for dealing with the past processes, especially for the establishment of collective memory and identity, this paper, “Archives against Genocide Denialism?“, discusses the role of archives in situations of conflicting memories such as in the case of the official Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide.

In its working paper series, swisspeace publishes original contributions by staff members and international experts, covering current issues in peace research and peace- building. The views expressed in this working paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the swisspeace standpoint.

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