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Walid Raad's topic is the Lebanese war. His lecture-performances conjure up an alternate universe that mimics conventional formats of visual and textual representation such as the video documentary or the witness testimonial. His archival materials do not document what happened as much as what can be imagined, said, or taken for granted. Using events from the Lebanese wars as a lens through which to examine the ways we represent, remember, and make sense of war, Raad poses salient questions about the nature of individual and collective memories and their role in the formation of accepted historical narratives.
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