The Silence of the Dead: Ethical and Juridical Significances of the Exhumations at Prestwich Place, Cape Town, 2003-2005

This thesis arises from the debates preceding and following the exhumations at Prestwich Place, Cape Town, between 2003 and 2005. A seemingly arcane subject, these unmarked burials places have become sites for far-reaching discussions about history, memory, space, and identity in the city, and indee...

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Main Author:	Jonker, Julian
Format:	Dissertation
Language:	en
Published:	University of Cape Town 2014
Subjects:	Law
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4675

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description	This thesis arises from the debates preceding and following the exhumations at Prestwich Place, Cape Town, between 2003 and 2005. A seemingly arcane subject, these unmarked burials places have become sites for far-reaching discussions about history, memory, space, and identity in the city, and indeed the nation. The debates about the graves should be seen as invoking ethico-juridical questions about memory, forgetting and memorialisation. These are questions that are potent in the collective consciousness of a nation still preoccupied with transition, reconciliation and transformation. [...]
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title	The Silence of the Dead: Ethical and Juridical Significances of the Exhumations at Prestwich Place, Cape Town, 2003-2005
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The Silence of the Dead: Ethical and Juridical Significances of the Exhumations at Prestwich Place, Cape Town, 2003-2005

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