Audio Visual Media of Srebrenica Genocide Survivors’ Stories as Witness and Truthtelling: A Critical Discourse Analysis

• In Event: Critical Discourse Literacies: Confronting Racism and Advancing Justice through Witness and Truthtelling

Abstract

The Memorial Center Srebrenica, which is an institution established by the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a memorial site and cemetery, features 100 audio visual media stories. While engaging with transcripts of these stories, I used Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and drew on truthtelling as an approach. Findings center around remembering and honoring the lost lives of our kin by foregrounding historical truths, amplifying survivors’ experiences and voices, and articulating societal injustices.

Author

• Nermin Vehabovic, Elon University