The Talking Witness Documentary: Remembrance and the Politics of Truth

dc.contributor.author Spence, Louise
dc.contributor.author Spence, Louıse
dc.contributor.author Avci, Asli Kotaman
dc.contributor.other Radio, Television and Cinema
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-27T08:03:28Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-27T08:03:28Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.department Fakülteler, İletişim Fakültesi, Radyo, Televizyon ve Sinema Bölümü en_US
dc.description.abstract This article argues that the conventional talking witness documentary by relying on memory of experience as evidence employs an inherently conservative politics of truth. Using a recent Kurdish video 5 No.lu Cezaevi/Prison No. 5 (Cayan Demirel 2009) as a case study it considers the opportunities and limitations of the talking witness form as well as its appeals. The essay pays special attention to the documentary's use of mimetic' affective engagement to break into the moral and conceptual space of trauma and the harrowing experiences of men and women who were incarcerated in the notorious Diyarbakr prison in eastern Turkey in the aftermath of the 1980 Turkish coup d'etat thus endeavoring to at once fix and disseminate memories of a violent past that run counter to state-authored versions of that history. en_US]
dc.identifier.citationcount 9
dc.identifier.doi 10.1080/13642529.2013.774714 en_US
dc.identifier.endpage 311
dc.identifier.issn 1364-2529 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1470-1154 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1364-2529
dc.identifier.issn 1470-1154
dc.identifier.issue 3
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-84880547635 en_US
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q1
dc.identifier.startpage 295 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/794
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1080/13642529.2013.774714
dc.identifier.volume 17 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000321812300002 en_US
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.institutionauthor Spence, Louise en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd en_US
dc.relation.journal Rethinking History en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 14
dc.subject Evidence en_US
dc.subject Experience en_US
dc.subject Historical documentary en_US
dc.subject Testimony en_US
dc.subject Trauma en_US
dc.subject Witnesses en_US
dc.title The Talking Witness Documentary: Remembrance and the Politics of Truth en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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