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Credits <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

This project is a collaboration between the Historical Memory Commission of the Center of Memory of Colombia and the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n

General coordination: Pilar Ria\u00f1o-Alcal\u00e1, University of British Columbia and Colombian Commission of Historical Memory<\/p>\n

Project coordination and translation from Spanish to English: Sara Koopman<\/p>\n

Website concept and design: Lex Milton<\/p>\n

Funding:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This project was generously supported by a grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Swiss Government. Support was also received for the May 2010 workshop from the Faculty of Arts HSS Symposium Grants and the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n

Workshop participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundi:<\/strong> Fr. Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, Centre Ubuntu<\/a><\/p>\n

Canada:<\/strong> Paulette Regan, Director of research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada<\/a> (TRC)<\/p>\n

Brenda Ireland, TRC, developing a community narratives toolkit for the Commission<\/p>\n

Samaya Jardey, TRC Community Liason, historian of the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharon Thira, former Executive Director of the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society. Now Program Director for Kloshe Tillicum<\/a>, an Aboriginal Health Research Centre, UBC.<\/p>\n

Cynthia Milton, University of Montreal<\/a><\/p>\n

Alison Crosby, York University<\/a><\/p>\n

Erin Baines, University of British Columbia<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia<\/a><\/p>\n

Colombia:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Abad Colorado and Maria Luisa Moreno, members of the Colombian Historical Memory Commission<\/a><\/p>\n

Croatia:<\/strong> Vesna Terselic , Documenta, Center for Dealing with the Past<\/a><\/p>\n

El Salvador:<\/strong> Victor Manuel Perez, Human Rights Ombudsman\u2019s office, Coordinator of the National Search Commission for Children Disappeared during the War<\/a><\/p>\n

Guatemala:<\/strong> Brenda Pineda, Human Rights office of the Archbishopric, Historical Memory Unit<\/a><\/p>\n

Indonesia:<\/strong> Mugiyanto,\u00a0 IKOHI, Indonesian Association of Families of the Disappeared<\/a><\/p>\n

Peru:<\/strong> Rosa L\u00eda\u00a0 Chauca, President of the Network for Children and Families<\/a> of Peru<\/p>\n

South Africa: <\/strong>Catherine Kennedy, South African History Archives<\/a>, former TRC investigator<\/p>\n

Uganda:<\/strong> Moses Chrispus Okello, Refugee Law Project<\/a>, Makerere University, Kampala<\/p>\n

Michael Otim, International Center for Transitional Justice<\/a>, Uganda Program<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe:<\/strong> Farai\u00a0 Maguwu, Center for Research and Development<\/a><\/p>\n

Acknowledgments<\/strong><\/p>\n

The production of Remembering and Narrating the Conflict benefited from the wise contributions and generous support of a great group of people. This material is the product of their collective input and enthusiasm with the project.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the team of the Historical Memory Commission of Colombia who produced and generously shared the initial resource material and took the initiative to see the material translated and adapted to be used in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Mo Blekker who supported this project intellectually, financially and provided contacts and advice.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the School of Social Work, the Liu Institute for Global Issues, and the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia for logistical and financial support.<\/p>\n

Our special acknowledgment to the many memory practitioners and experts who provided thoughtful and creative comments.\u00a0 As well as those who participated in the workshop, listed above, we also received feedback and contributions from:<\/p>\n

Colombia: <\/strong>Martha Nubia Bello and Maria Emma Wills, Colombian Historical Memory Commission<\/a><\/p>\n

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El Salvador:<\/strong> Gloria Guzman, Hegoa<\/a> y Mujeres por la Dignidad y la Vida<\/a><\/p>\n

Kashmir:<\/strong> Rita Machanda, South Asia Forum for Human Rights<\/a><\/p>\n

Kosovo: <\/strong>Nora Ahmetaj, Centre for Research, Documentation and Publication<\/a><\/p>\n

Liberia:<\/strong> Mark Marvey, Naymote<\/a>, and Aaron Weah, International Center for Transitional Justice<\/a><\/p>\n

Palestine:<\/strong> Sami Adwan, Peace Research Institute in the Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka:<\/strong> Malathi de Alwis, International Centre for Ethnic Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

Uganda<\/strong>: Ketty Anyeko, Justice and Reconciliation Project<\/a>, and Chris Dolan, Refugee Law Project<\/a><\/p>\n

United States:<\/strong> Brinton Lykes, <\/em>Boston College<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to the team of students who provided their feedback, enthusiasm, support and work during the workshop \u201cDialogues on Memory: Strategies for reconstructing memories in conflict and post conflict zones\u201d: Katherine Fobear, Julie Okot Bitek, Laura Lee, Lara Rosenoff, Beth Stewart, and Anastasia Shesterinina. Our special thanks to interpreters Veronika Miralles, Steve Stewart and Sara Koopman.<\/p>\n

Credits for the original Spanish version \u201cRecordar y Narrar el Conflicto\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Coordinator of the\u00a0<\/em>Historical Memory Commission –\u00a0<\/em>Gonzalo S\u00e1nchez G\u00f3mez<\/p>\n

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General coordinator –\u00a0<\/em>Pilar Ria\u00f1o Alcal\u00e1\u00a0Associate Professor,\u00a0University of British Columbia<\/p>\n

Research and production\u00a0<\/em>Gender and Memory –\u00a0<\/em>Mar\u00eda Emma Wills Obreg\u00f3n,\u00a0Associate Professor,\u00a0University of los Andes<\/p>\n

Research and production,\u00a0<\/em>Psychosocial Accompaniment\u00a0<\/em>Martha Nubia Bello,\u00a0Associate Professor,\u00a0National University of Colombia<\/p>\n

Research and production\u00a0<\/em>assistants –\u00a0<\/em>Lina G\u00f3mez,\u00a0Viviana Quintero<\/p>\n

Principal\u00a0 Investigators –\u00a0<\/em>\u00c1lvaro Camacho,\u00a0Andr\u00e9s Su\u00e1rez,\u00a0Fern\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez. SJ,\u00a0Iv\u00e1n Orozco,\u00a0Jes\u00fas Abad Colorado,\u00a0Le\u00f3n Valencia,\u00a0Mar\u00eda Victoria Uribe,\u00a0Mar\u00eda Emma Wills,\u00a0Martha Nubia Bello,\u00a0Pilar Gait\u00e1n,\u00a0Pilar Ria\u00f1o,\u00a0Rodrigo Uprimny, Tatiana Rinc\u00f3n,\u00a0Nubia Herrera,\u00a0Patricia Linares Prieto,\u00a0C\u00e9sar Caballero,Te\u00f3filo V\u00e1squez<\/p>\n

Research Assistants –\u00a0<\/em>\u00c1ngela Olaya,\u00a0Camilo Vargas,\u00a0Diego Quiroga,Gina Cabarcas,\u00a0Lina D\u00edaz,\u00a0Lina Quejada,\u00a0Luis Carlos S\u00e1nchez,\u00a0Mar\u00eda Luisa Moreno,\u00a0Paula Andrea Rodr\u00edguez,\u00a0Ronald Villamil,\u00a0Viviana Quintero,\u00a0Vladimir Melo,\u00a0William Mancera<\/p>\n

Coordinator’s assistants –\u00a0<\/em>Natalia Rey,\u00a0Andr\u00e9s Elasmar<\/p>\n

Public impact and dissemination –\u00a0<\/em>Paula Ila,\u00a0Jack Melamed<\/p>\n

Project Management ,\u00a0Administrative Coordinator –\u00a0<\/em>Ana Lyda Campo<\/p>\n

Administrative assistants –\u00a0<\/em>Paola Rojas\u00a0Diana Marcela Gil<\/p>\n

Photography –\u00a0<\/em>Soraya Hoyos,\u00a0Jes\u00fas Abad Colorado<\/p>\n

Workshops and photography assistant –\u00a0<\/em>Mar\u00eda Luisa Moreno<\/p>\n

Editorial Production\/ <\/em>Editing –\u00a0<\/em>Marcela Giraldo<\/p>\n

Concept, design, layout and web design –\u00a0<\/em> Fotoletras Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Acknowledgments<\/strong> in original Spanish version<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The development of these tools for reconstructing historical memory was made possible by the financial and institutional support of:<\/p>\n

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\u2022\u00a0 Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Swedish Agency for International Development (ASDI)<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 United States Institute of Peace (USIP).<\/p>\n

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Our thanks to the organizations that joined us in these activities for their generosity and enthusiasm with which they offered their innumerable contributions. In particular we express our appreciation to:<\/p>\n