Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives

The Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project proposes a new 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. Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives is a UVic-based international project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada under the title “Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education” (SSHRC Partnership Grant #1154242; 2022-2029). Image credit (banner illustration): Anneli Furmark