ABSTRACT

This article explores how silenc(ed) traces of intergenerational violence manifest themselves as spectral absences/presences in descendants’ lifeworlds, and how descendants in turn attempt to unsettle the unspeakable and unknowable. Focusing on Istori Kita (Our History), a book and set of interactive performances by Dutch memory artist Simone Berger (2016, Istori Kita, Jouw familiegeschiedenis. Ontdek je familiegeschiedenis met je (groot)ouders. Maak Indische, Molukse, Chinees-Indische en Hollandse herinneringen aan Nederlands-Indië weer levend! Volendam: LM Publishers.), I analyse the contradictory dynamics associated with Indisch (Indo-Dutch) zwijgen[i] (silence, silencing) and chart a haunted speakability that harbours gendered, racialised and classed structures of colonial and postcolonial inequality. Haunted speakability reflects affective urgencies to unmask silences, pointing not only to the limitations of speech but also to the possibilities, challenges and limitations of practising affect as a method of unsettling the unconscious and unintentional transfer of intergenerational trauma.

摘要

本文探讨了代际暴力的沉默痕迹如何在后代的生活世界中表现为光谱的缺席/存在，以及后代如何反过来试图使无法言说和不可知的事情变得不安。专注于 Istori Kita（我们的历史），荷兰记忆艺术家 Simone Berger 的一本书和一组互动表演（2016，Istori Kita，Jouw familiegeschiedenis。Ontdek je familiegeschiedenis 遇见了 je (groot)ouders。Maak Indische，Molukse，en Chinees-Indische Hollandse herinneringen aan Nederlands-Indië weer levend！Volendam：LM 出版商。），我分析了与 Indisch（印荷）zwijgen[i]（沉默，沉默）相关的矛盾动态，并绘制了一个闹鬼的说话能力，其中包含殖民和后殖民不平等的性别、种族和分类结构。闹鬼的说话能力反映了揭露沉默的情感紧迫性，不仅指出了言语的局限性，而且还指出了将情感作为一种解决代际创伤无意识和无意转移的方法的可能性、挑战和局限性。