Descripción del proyecto
Un informe de las prisiones sirias centrado en los afectados
Los grupos de defensa de los derechos humanos han difundido ampliamente la información de que el Gobierno de Bashar al-Asad arrestó arbitrariamente a miles de sirios entre finales de los años setenta del siglo pasado y principios de la década del 2000. Entre estos presos, cautivos de forma indefinida en grandes celdas grupales, se encontraban detractores del Gobierno de la izquierda secular y los Hermanos Musulmanes, así como sus familiares y socios. El proyecto SYRASP, financiado con fondos europeos, estudiará las condiciones en las prisiones mediante la recopilación del primer corpus de narrativas orales y escritas sobre ellas. En particular, el equipo del proyecto entrevistará a antiguos reclusos, que hayan permanecido al menos un año en prisión, acusados de estar vinculados con la izquierda o los Hermanos Musulmanes. Además, estudiará la poesía, escrituras y el folclore. El objetivo general del proyecto es crear un informe centrado en las personas sobre las prisiones sirias en el contexto de la cultura política nacional que se encuentra en su núcleo.
Objetivo
SYRASP combines textual analysis of Syrian prison literature with interviews on narrative and memory among former political prisoners. Between the late 1970s and early 2000s, the Assad regime imprisoned thousands of opponents from the secular left and Muslim Brotherhood, as well as their family members and associates. Political prisoners were held indefinitely in large group cells, often exclusively with members of their parties. By addressing their prison narratives as a diverse set of oral and print practices, the study traces the distinctive political cultures that took shape in and around prisons under the Assad regime, which remains in power under Bashar al-Assad (2000-present).The study’s interdisciplinary method will yield the first corpus of written and oral prison narrative. The primary literature under study consists of memoirs, poetry, stories, and essays by former political prisoners, as well as social media posts, unpublished manuscripts, and blogs. The interview population comprises male and female former prisoners who were held in group cells in Syria, accused of affiliation with the left or the Muslim Brotherhood, for a minimum of 1 year. Oral practices under study include formal techniques (e.g. recitation of poetry, scripture, folklore), memorisation of information on the cell population, and accounts of prison events. Interviews will use oral history methods. By treating prison narrative as a multi-modal system comprising print, orality, and sound, SYRASP traces networks of expression and contention that emerge from prisons, connecting lives on the inside to dissension and depictions of prison in Syrian letters. It uses the lens of publics to describe the forms of collective memory and belonging that Syrian prisoners created under harrowing conditions. It thus offers an actor-centred account of prisons at the centre, not the margins, of Syrian political culture.
Ámbito científico
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Régimen de financiación
ERC-STG - Starting GrantInstitución de acogida
14193 BERLIN
Alemania