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Episode 3: Do Truth Commissions Heal Divided Nations? Brazil and Sri Lanka In Focus

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In the third episode, we ask whether if truth commissions can heal divided nations. For our case studies, we look at the Sri Lankan Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commision as example of biased reporting and talk about the ways in which the Commission proved to be ineffective. Additionally, we also speak to Andre Pagliarini about the main obstacles to establish a Truth Commission in Brazil.

Episode 3Podcast
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About the Guest: 
 

Andre Pagliarini is a lecturer of modern Latin American history at Dartmouth College. He is currently preparing a book manuscript on twentieth-century Brazilian nationalism.

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Suggested Background reading:

1. Amadiume, Ifi, Abdullahi An-Na'im, and Abdullahi An-Naʼim, eds. The politics of memory: Truth, healing and social justice. Zed Books, 2000.
2.Pathak, Bishnu. "A Comparative Study of World’s Truth Commissions—From Madness to Hope’." World Journal of Social Science Research 4.3 (2017).
3.Rotberg, Robert I. "Truth commissions and the provision of truth, justice, and reconciliation." Truth v. justice: The morality of truth commissions 3 (2000).

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