Book Chat | Traces of Violence
Writings on the Disaster in Paris, France
Part 1
In this Book Chat, Jovan Maud moderates a discussion of the book Traces of Violence: Writings on the Disaster in Paris, France with its authors, Robert Desjarlais and Khalil Habrih, and MPI Director Ursula Rao. The conversation explores Desjarlais and Habrih's unique dialogical approach to writing about the ramifications of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, the unusual methodologies they employed, the difficulties of writing about violence, and the role of haunting and spectrality in their accounts.
Traces of Violence: Writings on the Disaster in Paris, France - Part I
Length: 35 Minutes
Part 2
In the second part of our Book Chat on Traces of Violence: Writings on the Disaster in Paris, France, Jovan Maud moderates a discussion with its authors, Robert Desjarlais and Khalil Habrih, joined by Melody Howse and Friederike Eichner - two scholars from Leipzig University. The conversation looks at Desjarlais' and Habrih's unique dialogic approach to writing about the impact of the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015. Howse and Eichner also talk about their own research in black communities in Berlin and refugee shelters in East Germany and how Desjarlais' and Habrih's book has helped them and influenced their own work. Other central themes the researchers address are the perception of bodies, the difficulties of writing about violence and the role of haunting and spectrality in their accounts.
Traces of Violence: Writings on the Disaster in Paris, France - Part II
Length: 37 Minutes