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Event details of Making sense of mass violence: Who becomes a 'victim' and how?
Date
15 November 2022
Time
18:00 -21:00
Room
Common Room

Who is the 'victim'? Is this a self-evident or a contested status? How do specific groups become victims of violence and mass extermination? Through prejudice and discrimination? Through other mechanisms? What is the role of the political/mediatic discourse of the time? What role does the (lack of) access to (economic, cultural, social) resources play in determining the group’s likelihood to becoming a victim of mass violence?  What role do the feelings of “injustice” and “undeservedness” of the group’s access to certain valued resources play in the processes of victimization? What is the emotional dynamic of targeting and becoming a victim?

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Abram de Swaan is an essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus at the University of Amsterdam. In 1996, he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most important recent book is The Killing Compartments: The Mentality of Mass Murder (Yale University Press, 2015). His full bio can be found at http://deswaan.com/ 
Location: Common Room
Amsterdam University College
Science Park 113
Amsterdam 1098XG
Convenors: Dr. Erica Pasini & Dr. Maxim Kupovykh

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You can also join all editions of the "Making sense of Mass Violence Seminars" online by using the link to the webinar below. 

Amsterdam University College (AUC)

Room Common Room
Science Park 113
1098 XG Amsterdam

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