New book: TRACES by Lidewyde Berckmoes and Marieke Maagdenberg
TRACES: Words and images tell stories in different and sometimes complementary ways. This photo-ethnography on young people of Burundian heritage in Belgium and the Netherlands, explores traces of the war in Burundi. The book reveals how war reverberates across time and space: in people, places and through ‘war repertoires’. Yet the young people at the heart of this photo-ethnography show how their traces also make for new ways of belonging and connectedness. The book consists of photos, interview and diary excerpts, and analyses. With this artistic publication, Lidewyde Berckmoes and Marieke Maagdenberg hope to seduce readers interested in art and academia to listen to the experiences of next generations, which often remain unnoticed. Order here: TRACES.
To make the research findings available to many, and particularly people with whom the project on TRACES of war may resonate most, namely – migrants and their children – we also made a website long-read, which can be accessed here: www.afterlives.nl.