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Contents Introduction MARIA CIZMIC AND JILLIAN C. ROGERS 'When the Echoes of the Last Shots Have Ceased': Hearing Nineteenth-Century Trauma ERIN BROOKS Quietly, With Ghosts JENNY OLIVIA JOHNSON 'Can I [...]

Sindiwe Magona's historical novel from 2015 is an impressive fictional achievement with great narrative complexity. The focus of this essay will be on the prominent aspect of nostalgia and on the close relation of trauma and nostalgia in this narrative. While nostalgic memory and traumatic memory are two different ways of remembering the past, we will show that they also have much in common by sharing a future-oriented perspective that might serve the strengthening of the self and the rebuilding of one's identity. Despite the critical views of nostalgia in earlier scholarship, more recent publications have shown that it does not solely boost an escapist or reality-denying attitude but can also be future-oriented and stimulate approach orientation. Narration has the potential of playing the role of mediator for both nostalgia and trauma, and in Sindiwe Magona's novel, both may be 're-lated' in a positive way. Although the novel foregrounds the traumatic experience of loss and betrayal, nostalgia paves the way and opens the door for the significant process of 'working through' trauma, so that healing can take place. KEYWORDS Nostalgia, trauma, memory, narrative, autobiography, Introduction Sindiwe Magona is a great storyteller, both for children and for adults. The narrative complexity of Chasing the Tails of My Father's Cattle (2015) is a case in point. [...]

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It's a scary thing: moving on. Part of me wishes life were more predictable and part of me is excited that it's not. I think it's impossible to tell the [...]

The comics medium is widely recognized today as an appropriate mode of addressing the Holocaust. This was made possible thanks to the publication of Art Spiegelman's two-volume Maus (1991), which [...]

From 2018 to 2022, the Lebanese Association of Victims of Terrorism (AVT-L), in collaboration with the United Nations (UNODC, United Nations Office for Drug and Crime) and with the support of the government of the Netherlands, conducted a project to provide psychological care to victims of terrorism in Iraq. Ninety Yezidi women participated in this program. Each participant had experienced sexual violence during the control of part of Iraqi territory by the jihadists of the Islamic State group (ISIS) between 2014 and 2018. After a semi-structured interview, these Yezidi women first participated in experience-sharing sessions for three consecutive days. Then, they benefited from an individual psychological follow-up for 6 months. Over the last ten years, the association's team has developed a protocol that combines art therapy with group and individual psychotherapy. The care is regularly evaluated. From the first interview, the psychologist uses the results of the Traumaq. An evaluation tool that assesses trauma-related symptoms. Subsequently, the PCL5 scale is used to measure the evolution of the symptoms. A considerable support that is studied in resonance with the life story and the social, personal, and professional evolution of each person. At the end of the psychological support sessions, significant changes were observed, particularly for criteria B and D of the DSM-5. We recorded a reduction in intrusive memories, as well as an improvement in emotional and physical reactions to these memories. Feelings of guilt had subsided and a significant improvement in sleep and concentration was noted. Participants experienced an improvement in their self-esteem, with a desire to pursue studies and active projects in their community. However, anger regarding injustice and lack of compensation remains palpable. This work culminated in supporting and accompanying these women in making their voices heard at the United Nations headquarters in New York. In this paper, we will highlight the beneficial aspects of art therapy used in this program. We will emphasize the value of clay art therapy particular within this context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on a pre-recorded video conversation between artist Lorna Brunstein and 44AD gallery director Katie O'Brien, this written interview discusses Brunstein's experience of growing up as a second-generation survivor and the ways in which she has explored this identity in her creative art practices. The conversation offers insight into Brunstein's family history and discusses the role that inherited trauma, place and embodied memory play in her installations and interactive artwork. Keywords: art, Holocaust, inherited trauma, memory, second generation, Introduction This written interview is developed from a pre-recorded video conversation between artist Lorna Brunstein and 44AD gallery director Katie O'Brien. (1) Brunstein is the daughter of two Holocaust survivors [...]

With many local, national, and international events impacting society, there is much focus on large-scale trauma and stressors. The COVID-19 pandemic, international terrorism, warfare, global climate change, and political conflict [...]