Into
Which Narrative
Was I Born?
Challenging the inevitability of conflict
In a polarized world, I am interested in beginnings. How did you first learn about and make sense of what you know? Where does this knowledge initially come from, and how does it shape your view of yourself and 'others'? Where do the narratives of 'others' come from?
This platform explores different personal experiences of learning about history, as entry points for contemplating and challenging conflict. It interprets these experiences as condensed sound-collages, requiring active, mindful listening. The purposeful variations in pitch and tone, and the overlapping voices question what we listen for, hear and understand about ourselves and 'others'.
Would you like to contribute to this conversation and share personal stories or visuals that explore these questions?
Since primary school, Marilena Karoulla and Su Acar were educated to fear each other’s people. Coming from a Greek-speaking and a Turkish-speaking background on the island of Cyprus, why and how did they eventually begin to trust one another?
A conversation with Henry Thomas, whose family members served on opposite sides during World War II. Thomas recounts the conflicting fragments of knowledge and values that he grew up with in the immediate aftermath of the war and his reckoning, as a teenager, with the full scope of the Holocaust.
A conversation with Sofija Todorović, director of an NGO seeking the removal of street depictions of convicted war criminals across Serbia. Speaking in the Serbian language, Todorović ponders the origins of why she thinks differently than many of her fellow citizens, about war crimes committed during 1990s in former Yugoslavia.
© Mirna Jancic Doyle
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