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The Spectacle of Mass Graves: Visual Necropolitics and the Rupture of Kinship - Groundviews
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T.P.S. Jayaraj In the Jaffna peninsula, Chemmani, which is not densely populated, has gained a dubious reputation in recent days. While Nallur in Jaffna is viewed positively with the famous Nallur Kandasamy Temple, Chemmani is viewed negatively with the mass graves. The long war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) resulted in a large number of disappearances and extrajudicial killings. Symbolic of …
The Spectacle of Mass Graves: Visual Necropolitics and the Rupture of Kinship - Groundviews
Photo courtesy of CHRD “The body has always been political. It carries the weight of its history, its pain, and its trauma.”Anil’s Ghost In Chemmani, on the outskirts of Jaffna, human remains continue to surface, unsettling a nation still grappling with its violent past. The Chemmani mass graves, first brought to public attention in the late 1990s, are believed to contain the bodies of hundreds of forcibly disappeared Tamil civilians – victims …
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