The impacts of protracted displacement can be understood through the spatial and material afterlives of war. In the context of Northern Uganda, the experiences of conflict that are interpreted in memorialisation are often reflected of how governments and aid agencies administered life during war. This article examines leftover aid rations, archives, former displacement camp sites and even unmarked graves as evidence to better understand what happens when people try to return “to normal” after decades of war between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army. It asks what narrative and material erasure implies for survivors who seek to create memorials to reflect on the war and have come to find that the past has been destroyed. Understanding how forgetting occurs, whether intentional or not, illuminates the difficulty of using archival material or artefacts as tools for remembrance projects. The article undertakes an examination of the everyday experiences of displacement and traces of aid assistance to show how memorial efforts can better make sense the past in the present.

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人道主义遗骸：乌干达北部的生活和生活

长期流离失所的影响可以通过战争的空间和物质来世来理解。在乌干达北部的背景下，在纪念活动中诠释的冲突经历通常反映出政府和援助机构在战争期间如何管理生活。本文研究了剩余的口粮，档案，以前的流离失所者营地，甚至没有标记的坟墓，以更好地了解人们在乌干达政府与上帝抵抗军之间数十年的战争后试图恢复“正常”状态时会发生什么。它询问叙事和材料的删除对那些想要创建纪念馆以反映战争并发现过去已经被摧毁的幸存者意味着什么。了解遗忘是如何发生的，无论是否有意，阐明了使用档案材料或人工制品作为纪念项目的工具的困难。本文考察了流离失所的日常经历和援助的痕迹，以显示纪念性的努力如何更好地理解当前的过去。