Cira Pallí-Asperó
Biographic Data
| ID | 4897604 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cira Pallí-Asperó |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cira |
| FAMILY NAME | Pallí-Asperó |
| SIGNATURE | PALLÍ-ASPERÓ C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3204-2315 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Resignifying the Colonial Past: Historical Commissions and the Limits of Transitional Justice
This article examines what state-sponsored historical commissions reveal about the temporal and epistemic limitations of transitional justice in addressing colonial legacies, and how they may open pathways toward a more decolonial approach. These commissions – though not inherently decolonial – can unsettle key assumptions of the transitional justice paradigm. In foregrounding history as site of intervention, they carry out a process of resignifi…
Historical truth, accountability and change in the (post-)colonial state: An Introduction
In the past years, there has been growing attention, in Europe and beyond, for issues related to accountability for, and recognition of, (post-)colonial violence and its enduring effects, as well as more fundamental debates about the need for societal change. As former colonial powers are increasingly facing pressures to redress enduring injustices related to their colonial legacies, an oft-used response to these demands has been the creation of …
Redress for colonial harm in discourse and practice: A review of initiatives, actors, and approaches in Belgium
Since the summer of 2020, Belgium has seen a boom in institutional and civil society initiatives related to redress for the ongoing legacies of colonial violence. While some mobilise existing international, regional, and domestic legal frameworks, others do not. This article examines when, why, and how these frameworks are mobilised and how this affects collaborations. Based on an empirical mapping exercise of initiatives, actors, and approaches,…
Transitional justice and the struggle for reparations for slavery and its ongoing legacies in the United States: Joyce Hope Scott in conversation with Cira Pallí-Asperó and Tine Destrooper
As global uprisings for racial justice put questions about historical and ongoing racial injustice higher on academic, public and political agendas, transitional justice (TJ) scholars increasingly started to explore which dynamics of racial injustice might be supported by, or reflected in, the practice of TJ. These questions have mostly been addressed by critical TJ scholars, who formulate an encompassing critique regarding pitfalls of formalised…
Can human-centred participatory design turn AI into a pertinent tool for human rights research
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered significant ethical and human rights concerns. While much of the debate focuses on risks such as discrimination, disinformation and algorithmic bias, much less has been written about AI's potential to support human rights practice and scholarship. This article engages with both perspectives, by reflecting on the early development of RedressHub, a tool that integrates AI-assisted in…
Historical truth as a tool for decolonisation: Cira Pallí-asperó and Tine Destrooper in conversation with Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa
The legacies of colonialism continue to affect millions of people(s) to this day, and many formal and informal institutions with roots in the colonial era - often inadvertently - contribute to these injustices. In conversation with Dr Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa, an assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics at the London School of Economics, we discuss the capacities of historical truth initiatives to contribute to current decolonisation eff…
Beyond the endpoint: The report of the Belgian commission on colonial injustice and the wider tapestry of truth initiatives
In recent years, Europe has witnessed a surge of truth initiatives to address the legacy of its colonial past as well as the enduring consequences thereof in the present. In the summer of 2020, Belgium became the first European country to establish a historical (truth) commission to investigate the historical and ongoing injustices related to its history of overseas colonialism. In this article, I analyse the report of the Special Parliamentary C…
Clarifying the Past: Understanding Historical Commissions in Conflicted and Divided Societies
Clarifying the Past provides a comprehensive analysis of state-sponsored historical commissions operating in conflicted and divided societies, developing a theoretical and methodological framework within the historical dialogue paradigm, key to understanding the work of such commissions. The theoretical and methodological framework is complemented with an extensive empirical analysis of 27 historical commissions that operated in different social …
States’ Craft: Shaping Official Histories
The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 provides an analytical review of the involvement that states have in the production of history and public memory, taking a “broad geographical focus” (2). The Second World War serves as a departing point for apprising the role and position of historical knowledge and public memory in relation to the social, political, and cultural changes and how the state and its institutions are adapti…
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States’ Craft: Shaping Official Histories
The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 provides an analytical review of the involvement that states have in the production of history and public memory, taking a “broad geographical focus” (2). The Second World War serves as a departing point for apprising the role and position of historical knowledge and public memory in relation to the social, political, and cultural changes and how the state and its institutions are adapti…
Clarifying the Past: Understanding Historical Commissions in Conflicted and Divided Societies
Clarifying the Past provides a comprehensive analysis of state-sponsored historical commissions operating in conflicted and divided societies, developing a theoretical and methodological framework within the historical dialogue paradigm, key to understanding the work of such commissions. The theoretical and methodological framework is complemented with an extensive empirical analysis of 27 historical commissions that operated in different social …
Beyond the endpoint: The report of the Belgian commission on colonial injustice and the wider tapestry of truth initiatives
In recent years, Europe has witnessed a surge of truth initiatives to address the legacy of its colonial past as well as the enduring consequences thereof in the present. In the summer of 2020, Belgium became the first European country to establish a historical (truth) commission to investigate the historical and ongoing injustices related to its history of overseas colonialism. In this article, I analyse the report of the Special Parliamentary C…
Can human-centred participatory design turn AI into a pertinent tool for human rights research
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered significant ethical and human rights concerns. While much of the debate focuses on risks such as discrimination, disinformation and algorithmic bias, much less has been written about AI's potential to support human rights practice and scholarship. This article engages with both perspectives, by reflecting on the early development of RedressHub, a tool that integrates AI-assisted in…
Historical truth as a tool for decolonisation: Cira Pallí-asperó and Tine Destrooper in conversation with Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa
The legacies of colonialism continue to affect millions of people(s) to this day, and many formal and informal institutions with roots in the colonial era - often inadvertently - contribute to these injustices. In conversation with Dr Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa, an assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics at the London School of Economics, we discuss the capacities of historical truth initiatives to contribute to current decolonisation eff…
Resignifying the Colonial Past: Historical Commissions and the Limits of Transitional Justice
This article examines what state-sponsored historical commissions reveal about the temporal and epistemic limitations of transitional justice in addressing colonial legacies, and how they may open pathways toward a more decolonial approach. These commissions – though not inherently decolonial – can unsettle key assumptions of the transitional justice paradigm. In foregrounding history as site of intervention, they carry out a process of resignifi…
Historical truth, accountability and change in the (post-)colonial state: An Introduction
In the past years, there has been growing attention, in Europe and beyond, for issues related to accountability for, and recognition of, (post-)colonial violence and its enduring effects, as well as more fundamental debates about the need for societal change. As former colonial powers are increasingly facing pressures to redress enduring injustices related to their colonial legacies, an oft-used response to these demands has been the creation of …
Redress for colonial harm in discourse and practice: A review of initiatives, actors, and approaches in Belgium
Since the summer of 2020, Belgium has seen a boom in institutional and civil society initiatives related to redress for the ongoing legacies of colonial violence. While some mobilise existing international, regional, and domestic legal frameworks, others do not. This article examines when, why, and how these frameworks are mobilised and how this affects collaborations. Based on an empirical mapping exercise of initiatives, actors, and approaches,…
Transitional justice and the struggle for reparations for slavery and its ongoing legacies in the United States: Joyce Hope Scott in conversation with Cira Pallí-Asperó and Tine Destrooper
As global uprisings for racial justice put questions about historical and ongoing racial injustice higher on academic, public and political agendas, transitional justice (TJ) scholars increasingly started to explore which dynamics of racial injustice might be supported by, or reflected in, the practice of TJ. These questions have mostly been addressed by critical TJ scholars, who formulate an encompassing critique regarding pitfalls of formalised…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Decolonization (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Harm (2 works)