The Body Inside the Art and the Law of Marikana

A Case for Corporeality

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ID12915520
AuthorsRobyn Gill-Leslie (0000-0002-7501-6328, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume14
Issue1
Pages102-121
Publication date2020-01-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Transitional Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1752-7716 • E-ISSN: 1752-7724
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ijtj/ijaa003
OpenAlexW3011987509
LanguageEN
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∞ This article positions the Marikana Commission of Inquiry as a transitional justice moment for South Africa. Using aesthetic and affect theory, the article examines instances of bodily engagement at this Commission and in the art related to it. The resultant foregrounding of physicality reveals the possibility of both resistance and conformity that has been overlooked in current arts and transitional justice literature. Such resistance and conformity, present inside both the law and the art of Marikana and its Commission, suggest that a binaristic approach to arts and transitional justice misses the full critical potential of each discipline. Softening the boundaries of each discipline through a corporeal approach can reveal different evaluations of the efficacy of transitional justice – in this case, challenging the efficacy of the Marikana Commission’s goal of stakeholder inclusion

Art · Commission · Conformity · Economic Justice · Foregrounding · Inclusion (mineral · Political science · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Teachable moment · The arts · Transitional justice · Law in Society and Culture · Legal Issues in South Africa · Psychology · South African History and Culture · Law

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