Vesna Teršelič on the role of civil society archives in Croatia

Founder and Director of DOCUMENTA, Centre for Dealing with the Past, Zagreb, Croatia

DOCUMENTA was established in 2004. It preserves a systematic collection of war-related material through witness testimonies, fact-finding documents, information on the disappeared and on further human rights violations provided by human rights organisations in the region. Listen to Vesna explain the role of civil society archives in the Croatian transitional justice process and the importance of including marginalized narratives in archives.

Content:

• DOCUMENTA Centre for Dealing with the Past
• Role of civil society archives in dealing with the past
• (Counter-) Narratives of civil society
• What can other archives learn from DOCUMENTA?