'Traces', photo-ethnographic book on Burundian youth in exile
Words and images tell stories in different and sometimes complementary ways. This photo-ethnography on young people of Burundian heritage in Belgium and the Netherlands, explores the traces of war in Burundi. The book Traces reveals how war reverberates across time and space: in people, places and through ‘war repertoires’. Yet the young people at the heart of this photo-ethnography show how their traces also make for new ways of belonging and connectedness. The book consists of photos, interview and diary excerpts, and analyses. With this artistic publication, Lidewyde Berckmoes and Marieke Maagdenberg hope to seduce readers interested in art and academia to listen to the experiences of next generations, which often remain unnoticed.
This book appeared in the ASCL Occasional Publications series, no. 49 (2024).
TRACES can be purchased in the ASCL bookshop: https://ascleiden.securearea.eu/traces.
A book launch and photo exhibition was held during the opening of the HMO building on Tuesday 8 October.
About the author(s) / editor(s)
Lidewyde Berckmoes is trained as an anthropologist and Africanist researcher. As associate professor at the African Studies Centre Leiden, Lidewyde Berckmoes develop child and youth focused research and intergenerational perspectives to increase understanding of cyclical dynamics of conflict and peace in the Great Lakes Region, particularly Burundi and Rwanda.
Marieke Maagdenberg is a photographer and artist. She studied at the Fine Art Academy in Utrecht. Since 2005, she has been working as an art teacher, photographer and painter.
Posted on 5 July 2024, last modified on 21 November 2024