This ethnographic study examines how the late nineteenth century Aanolee massacre in Ethiopia is remembered by the Arsi Oromo in gestures of amputation and memorial monuments. Haunted by vivid images of the amputated body, descendants of those who experienced this collective historical trauma have recast the past with implications for Oromo subjectivities. During recent periods of political violence, the dismembered bodies of the past have become reference points for Arsi Oromo seeking to reconstitute their collective social body. They literally “re-member” their community by having larger families and meeting under Odaa trees that represent the traditional Oromo political system and social body. This research suggests that secondary hauntings constituted of memorializations of the violated body can remain so emotionally potent as to facilitate new political responses and imaginaries among peoples with historical trauma.

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回忆肢解：埃塞俄比亚 Aanolee 和 Oromo 政治主体性的令人难以忘怀的截肢图像

这项民族志研究考察了 Arsi Oromo 如何通过截肢手势和纪念碑纪念 19 世纪晚期埃塞俄比亚的 Aanolee 大屠杀。被截肢的生动图像所困扰，经历过这种集体历史创伤的人的后代重新塑造了过去，对奥罗莫的主观性产生了影响。在最近的政治暴力时期，过去被肢解的身体已成为 Arsi Oromo 寻求重建集体社会身体的参考点。他们通过拥有更大的家庭并在代表传统奥罗莫政治制度和社会团体的 Odaa 树下聚会，从字面上“重新成员”他们的社区。