Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions(CISMOR)Doshisha University
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CISMOR Seminar no1./2021
Questioning the WAR in Tigray, Ethiopia, since November 2020 News, doubts, facts and counterfacts
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2021/04/24 16:30-18:00 |
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| Place： | online (zoom platform) |
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| Aksum is the holy city of the Christians of Ethiopia, where the Ark of the Covenant is kept according to the foundation story of the royal dynasty. In November 2020, on the day of the great annual festival of Zion (one of the biblical names of Jerusalem), several hundred people were reportedly massacred in different parts of the city and its surroundings. Long kept silenced, this massacre is one of the terrifying facets of the conflict raging in the Ethiopian region of Tigray. On the basis of the emblematic case of Aksum, this presentation will seek to understand the course of this war, questioning in particular the significance of the attacks on religious and historical sites. In seeking a path between the two approaches of historical anthropology and digital ethnography, particular attention will be given to the conditions of production, circulation and discussion of information, which have produced two parallel and irreconcilable versions of the events. | |
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