Emotions, Remembering and Feeling Better

As the largest class action suit in Canadian history, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (2007-2015) had a great impact on the lives of Aboriginal survivors across Canada. In a rare account exploring survivor perspectives, Anne-Marie Reynaud considers the settlement's reconciliatory aspiration in conjunction with the local reality for the Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nations in Quebec. Drawing from anthropological fieldwork, this carefully crafted book weaves survivor experiences of the financial compensations and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission together with current theorizing on emotions, memory, trauma and transitional justice.

Auteur

Anne-Marie Reynaud completed her doctorate in Anthropology at the Freie Universität Berlin in cotutelle with the Université de Montréal. Her research interests include visual anthropology, Indigenous Peoples, emotions and transitional justice.