Two studies shed light on construals (i.e., attributions of responsibility and perceived severity of harm) of extreme intergroup violence and the relationship between in-group identification and these construals. An investigation of Turkish construals of Armenian massacres at the beginning of the 20th century (Study 1) and Hutus’ and Tutsis’ construals of the ethnic conflict in Burundi (Study 2...

The development of this book exploring the establishment of protocols and standard operating procedures (SOPs) contributes towards the creation of an adopted suite of methodologies and helps ensure a consistent and appropriate quality of process and practice. The protocols and SOPs discussed here are specifically developed for application to the scientific investigation of crime scenes, particu...

Promotion öf democracy in post-war and post-conflict societies became a hot topic during the 1990s. External actors Iinked their peace-building efforts to the promotion of democracy. FoUl' modes of promotion of democracy by external actors can be distinguished: first , enforcing democratization by enduring post-war occupation (mode 1); second, restoring an elected government by military interve...

Vassili Grossman, auteur soviétique des romans Vie et destin Tout passe, se rend en Arménie novembre décembre 1961 pour y retravailler la traduction russe du roman de l’un dirigeants l’Union écrivains arméniens, Hratchia Kotchar. Moins deux ans plus tard, septembre 1963, les intellectuels français Simone Beauvoir Jean-Paul Sartre, constamment entourés par autorités locales, dont Kotchar, passen...

Abstract Since its origins in the mid-1970s, slasher has been defined as a subgenre of horror which serial or mass killer stalks and massacres middle-class youngsters, preferably attractive young women, using cutting weapons projectiles. In that regard, twenty-first century seen revival slasher, combining release original movies with remakes classic films, adapting traditional plots to current ...

Resumo O texto que segue é uma contribuição para imaginar antropologia da abolição e das insurgências, com base na análise de casos encarceramento, tortura massacres ocorridos contra os Guarani Kaiowá desde a ditadura militar brasileira seus desdobramentos, no se convencionou chamar Estado Democrático Direito. Demonstraremos as bases deste mesmo são estruturalmente racistas, partir documental p...

Este artigo-poema objetiva a partilha de sentipensares e afetos decorrentes das experiências engajamentos resistências face ao terror dos massacres projetados pelo Estado brasileiro suas fúnebres consequências para os Kaiowá Guarani. Além disso, são versos alimentados pela ação transformadora cantos-rezas-danças da palavra-alma nhanderu nhandesy. Outros corpos-territórios ancestrais periféricos...

Historians cannot resist violence.* Not simply because of a voyeuristic interest in the dramatically lethal, but also because many of the most vexing questions about the writing of history converge in the crucible of violent events. Historians are attracted to the subject because they hope that it might tell them something about the fundamental problems in their discipline: questions about caus...

The central theme of Ta'ziyeh, as one of the Islamic tragic drama and folk theater, in one of the major denominations of Islam (the Shia) is a representation of the siege and massacres of Karbala. This study investigated Ta'ziyeh (alternatively Ta'zïye, Tazīa, Ta'zīya) and its discourse, a form of declamation. The data for analysis were collected from library resources (e.g. books, electronic r...