Postcolonial remembering in Taiwan

228 And transitional justice as “The end of fear”

Bibliographic Data

ID12910243
AuthorsStephen John Hartnett (0009-0006-6679-4781, University of Denver, corresponding author), Patrick Shaou-Whea Dodge (Hodges University), Lisa Keränen (University of Denver), Lisa B Keränen
Year2019
Volume13
Issue3
Pages238-256
Publication date2019-05-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International and Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-3065 • E-ISSN: 1751-3057
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17513057.2019.1614206
OpenAlexW2946073905
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited45

This essay examines the contested dynamics of postcolonial remembering in Taiwan. Focusing on the long-suppressed 228 massacre in particular and the White Terror period in general, we bring Taiwan’s postcolonial remembering into international and intercultural communication studies by analyzing two contemporary sites: Taipei’s 228 Memorial Museum and the Cihu Memorial Sculpture Park. As our case studies demonstrate, Taiwan’s postcolonial remembering offers unique indications of how public memory work can help move a culture toward a sense of reconciliation, thus promoting what one of our collaborators called “the end of fear.”

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Dynamics (music · Economic Justice · Media studies · Period (music · Political science · Sculpture · Sociology · Transitional justice · White (mutation · Gender Studies · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies