How does one tell a story of suffering and pain that ultimately does not belong to them? How do global geopolitics and Western liberal normative assumptions shape what stories are told? Who has the right and responsibility to bear witness?

1. James Dawes. That the world may know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity. Harvard University Press. 2009. (UBC Online Library – Read Introduction, 1, 2).
2. Teju Cole, The White Industrial Saviour Complex (google it).

Facilitation:  (Kiran and Curtis)

Presentation:
1. Beyonce, (Lotte)
2. George Clooney (Masa)