To Inherit Absence: Film, Fiction, and Ethnography

This panel presentation explores the dynamic intersection of film, fiction, and ethnography in addressing grief, power, and absence under authoritarian regimes. Anchored in the socio-political context of the Jammeh dictatorship, it examines the role of storytelling, critical fabulation, and art as methodologies to navigate absence, foster memory, and seek justice. Drawing on theoretical frameworks like Winnicott’s potential space, it highlights how creative practices resist authoritarian...