Buenos Aires: Memory in Presence – Memorial Sites as Providers of Empowering Education

Credit: Lena Szankay

Incubator Lab: June – October, 2022 (online)
Impact Lab: 
November, 7 to 12, 2022 in Buenos Aires and Rosario, Argentina

For this Lab, Global Diplomacy Lab (GDL) members Banu Pekol and Julie August worked together with the ESMA Memory Museum in Buenos Aires and the International Holocaust Remembrance Association to develop a training course for specialist audiences in societies traumatised by social conflict, war, dictatorship, colonialism, slavery, racism, as well as pandemics. These phenomena provide a breeding ground for extremist attitudes, so it is crucial to focus on building a resilient society that is capable of dealing with past traumatic experiences.

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