What Makes Memory Transformative

What Makes Memory Transformative: These records explore and navigate the different ways and processes in which memory can be transformative. Simultaneously, through these records and conversations, we continue to ask: can memory be transformative?

Sounds of Memory
In this audio, Jeff and Denis discuss the aural landscape of memory in Gulu and how the sounds of war and music oftentimes interlocked with one another.
Mato Oput, Restoring Relations after Conflict Acholi, Northern Uganda, No. 6
The rare process and ceremony of mato oput is undertaken only in the case of intentional or accidental killing of an individual. The photo is of the materials used to mix the oput root, kwete and blood from a sacrificed goat, to be drunk by both parties as a symbol of washing away the bitterness.
Mato Oput, Restoring Relations after Conflict Acholi, Northern Uganda, No. 5
The rare process and ceremony of mato oput is undertaken only in the case of intentional or accidental killing of an individual. The ceremony involves two clans bringing together the perpetrator and the victim in a quest for restoring social harmony. Pitcured here is the final ritual, ‘drinking the bitter root’ is a day-long ceremony involving symbolic acts designed to reunite the clans.
Mato Oput, Restoring Relations after Conflict Acholi, Northern Uganda, No. 4
The rare process and ceremony of mato oput is undertaken only in the case of intentional or accidental killing of an individual. The ceremony involves two clans bringing together the perpetrator and the victim in a quest for restoring social harmony. Pitcured here is the final ritual, ‘drinking the bitter root’ is a day-long ceremony involving symbolic acts designed to reunite the clans.