Honours Specialization - Memory and Violence
GEND 3236 Memory and Violence
Prerequisites:
Any 18 credits completed
Antirequisites:
GEND 3056 Memory and Violence (Fall 2018)
Hours:
36
Credits:
3
Description:
Students examine how violence is remembered, or forgotten. Focusing on collective memory and public mourning, students explore “the politics of memory” in relation to various forms of violence against “Othered” populations. Historical and contemporary examples of violence may include: state violence against racialized populations; violence during war; human rights violations; interpersonal violence (such as sexual violence); collective violence (such as mob violence); and, “individual” violence (such as mass shootings).