State of Fear

Subject: Indigenous Studies State of Fear State of Fear examines Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which attempted to address the horrors of state violence and terror upon Peruvian citizens, which affected, in particular, poor Indigenous peoples In your response to this film, you might want to discuss the following: By tracing the roots of terror to the 1970s, how does the TRC encourage historical amnesia for the nation, which excludes historical realities faced by Indigenous peoples? What links, if any, can be made between Peru’s TRC and Canada’s TRC? What is collective memory?  How has colonialism encouraged absences in the collective memory in Peru? What does this reveal? What role do Indigenous peoples have in Peru’s TRC?  500 words LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC1hAJOi6BE https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1306&context=hrbrief