Listening at uncanny places : forced displacement and torture as silencing processes

There was not a significant response from the local government, but landlords offered awards and gifts for the different categories in the contest.n In consequence, it demands that we dwell in their world so we may be able to have a glimpse of the depth of their loss and the significance of their silence. In the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust, and specially after the popularisation of the post-apartheid South African TRC model, doing justice to the victims of mass violence requires a political stance that supports an ethics of listening to the victim's voice.