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SUMMARY: The Memory Project
DESCRIPTION: What makes memory transformative? The Liu Lobby Gallery presen
 ts The Memory Project\, a two-week long exhibition featuring testimonial te
 xtiles and tapestries created by the Women’s Advocacy Network in Uganda. Th
 e Women’s Advocacy Network (WAN) is an association of women working for a b
 etter future after a long war in northern Uganda between the Lord’s Resista
 nce […]
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 full" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01
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 em>What makes memory transformative?</em></p><p>The Liu Lobby Gallery prese
 nts <em>The Memory Project</em>\, a two-week long exhibition featuring test
 imonial textiles and tapestries created by the Women’s Advocacy Network in 
 Uganda.</p><p><strong>The Women’s Advocacy Network (WAN)</strong> is an ass
 ociation of women working for a better future after a long war in northern 
 Uganda between the Lord’s Resistance Army and the Government of Uganda (198
 7-2008). Abducted as schoolgirls and forced into so-called marriages with r
 ebel commanders\, WAN provides a space for these survivors to exchange stor
 ies\, provide one another support\, and to advocate for justice and reparat
 ions.</p><p><em>The Memory Project</em> exhibit is part of an initiative by
  the <strong>Transformative Memory International Network</strong>\, a colle
 ctive of artists\, social movement leaders and scholars who seek to reconce
 ptualize the role and practice of memory after periods of political violenc
 e\, co-led by SPPGA <strong>Prof. Erin Baines</strong> and GRSJ <strong>Pro
 f. Pilar Riaño-Alcalá</strong>.</p><p>The exhibit is free and open to the p
 ublic during regular building hours\, 9am-5pm. It is located in the lobby o
 n the first floor.</p><p> </p>
LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues
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