ABSTRACT How are victims of civil wars and conflicts remembered in the context of an illiberal peace? When a violent conflict is ended by the use of overwhelming state force, without benefit of a political process, the victors may seek to control the ways in which the violence is memorialised; while in a war where the insurgents remain in the shadows, public recognition of their losses may be impossible. Using Thailand as a comparison, this study compares the configuration of conflict memorialisation in Sri Lanka, focusing on two Tamil communities where Catholic priests played important roles: Vankalei and Mullivaikkal. In both cases, the Sri Lankan military saw memorialisation as a threat to national narratives about the rights and wrongs of the conflict. Yet in neither case have local people addressed the human rights abuses committed by the LTTE: their narratives emphasise victimhood and evade discussion of agency. Memorials dedicated to those who perished during civil conflicts are likely to be one-sided. Accordingly, the paper argues that an illiberal peace poses particular challenges for historical memory and memorialisation.

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维克多的记忆：从比较的角度看斯里兰卡战后的记忆

摘要在非自由和平的背景下，如何记住内战和冲突的受害者？当由于压倒性国家武力而结束暴力冲突，而没有政治程序的好处时，胜利者可能会设法控制暴力的追悼方式；在一场叛乱分子仍处于阴影中的战争中，公众承认他们的损失可能是不可能的。本研究以泰国为比较对象，比较了斯里兰卡的冲突纪念馆的配置，重点关注天主教神父发挥重要作用的两个泰米尔人社区：Vankalei和Mullivaikkal。在这两种情况下，斯里兰卡军方都将纪念活动视为对有关冲突是非的国家叙述的威胁。但是，在任何情况下，当地人民都没有解决猛虎组织所犯的侵犯人权行为：他们的叙述强调受害者身份，并逃避了对机构的讨论。专门纪念那些在国内冲突中丧生的人的纪念碑可能是单面的。因此，本文认为，自由和平对历史记忆和纪念活动构成了特殊的挑战。