Bearing Witness to the Inhuman at Mỹ Lai: Museum, Ritual, Pilgrimage

Tamashiro, Roy

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“…By bearing witness to the inhuman-as imperfect, unbearable and impossible as it may be to do so-one comes to know and accept the reality of the experience and memory, even though the narrative violates expectations and ethical imperatives of what should be. Authenticating and owning these truths give affirmation and bestow honor to the suffering and hurting as valid, albeit difficult, human experiences (Tamashiro 2018).…”

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“…The ones whose humanness was completely obliterated and ultimately killed have no voice. The proxy witnesses-the survivors and their descendants, the observers, reporters and scholars-carry the impossible responsibility to give testimony about an ultimate death experience which they did not have first-hand (Tamashiro 2018).…”

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Planetary Consciousness, Witnessing the Inhuman, and Transformative Learning: Insights from Peace Pilgrimage Oral Histories and Autoethnographies

Tamashiro¹

2018

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This article describes insights and consciousness transformations reported in several contemporary peace pilgrimage oral histories and autoethnographies, including my own. Autoethnography is a form of autobiographical writing that stresses the interpretation of experiences in their psychosocial, cultural, and historical contexts. Peace pilgrimages are typically self-defined journeys and projects which may be inward and metaphorical, or which may involve actual travel to destinations that memorialize historical events of mass killing and profound suffering, and places that envision, cultivate and educate for global or inner peace. The insights and learnings include (a) the call to journey and other out-of-the-ordinary communications; (b) understanding the transformative learning process; (c) glimpsing the meaning of planetary consciousness; and (d) bearing witness to the inhuman. These paradigmatic themes may be applicable to one's personal search for meaning, and as signposts for collective, societal healing from psychic and social wounding and traumas. The themes may be useful for educators and researchers in peace studies, religious studies, history, biography, philosophy, psychology and consciousness studies.

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Section: Bearing Witness To the Inhumanmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Bearing Witness To the Inhumanmentioning

confidence: 99%