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The German Unit of the Palmach: a suicide commando in the Second World War Palestine Mandate
Full text linkIn 1942, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) partnered with the Haganah to provide irregular forces to defend the Palestine Mandate. One force, known as the German Unit, was remarkable – it was a suicide unit and required its members to shed their liberated identities and assume the personas of their former oppressors. This article examines how the unit, trained by both organisations, prepared for their task. By employing a combination of traditional sources and interviews, it explores the role of identity and restores this little known story to the historiography of the Second World War while recovering the voices of the unit
Civilian Internment in India – Omissions and Exceptions
Full text linkThis essay explores civilian internment in India through the experiences of a small cast of characters unwittingly drawn into and implicated in the imperial conflict. They include a Thai artist and a Buddhist novice, incarcerated with Japanese internees at the Purana Qila, New Delhi, and later at Deoli; a German bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) sent to Dehradun camp from Ceylon, and an Italian bhikkhu who passed through numerous camps. Addressing themes of mobility, displacement and incarceration of individuals with natal or adopted Buddhist identity it uncovers neglected Asian realities and postcolonial sentiments pertaining to internment in British India
Mosaic of Memories: Understanding the Network of Remembering of Kamioka POW Camp
Full text linkThis article analyses the network of remembering surrounding Kamioka POW camp in Japan. It finds that a combination of places and objects, interactions, and memory practices form a dynamic network that is in constant flux. Kamiokan memory sites include the former campsite, a cenotaph, a Book of the Names of the Dead, war diaries and dedicated websites, and these sites of memory acquire meaning through activities such as reconciliation trips, and commemorative ceremonies. Due to the ongoing engagement with these places and objects, their connotations continue to develop and change, leading to a network that constantly evolves
Meta reflection: A personal exploration into reflective artmaking and its changes over time.
Full text linkThis case study presents two samples of reflective art-making from two different points in my life as an emerging art therapist working in Melbourne, Australia. The first piece of reflective work was created during the final year of my art therapy master’s program and clinical placement in an inpatient mental health unit for adults. The second collection of reflective work was created during my second year of work in a private mental health inpatient facility, running art therapy groups for adults.
These two works will be held up to the light and examined side by side to explore how the function of my reflective art-making evolved alongside my inner changes as I moved from student to practitioner
Art as thinking: MA Art Psychotherapy staff artmaking group in the context of the neoliberal university
Full text linkIn this piece we present a visual ‘snapshot’ of artworks made in a staff art making group for tutors on the Art Psychotherapy training at Goldsmiths University, London, as we start the academic year 2023-24. In the group, which happens twice termly, the teaching team gather in the studio to talk, make artworks, and reflect on their meanings for the staff group in the dynamic context of the training. Our art making as a team has come to signify a place for critical thinking, connecting, and creating together in a way that feels authentic and that has become an essential part of our cohesion and survival as a team. We decided to show this aspect of our practice to foreground the role of art to think about personal, political, social and institutional dynamics. We believe that the value we place on art making as art psychotherapists can be part of our functioning and resistance in ‘the hostile environment of neoliberalism’ (Skaife and Martyn 2022)
Viajera del tiempo (Spanish version)
Full text linkHe estado sufriendo de síndrome de estrés postraumático y esto afectó el desarrollo de mi carrera y el cumplimiento de los sueños de la infancia. Empecé a practicar arteterapia por recomendación de mi terapeuta. Esa práctica me ayudó a mejorar mis síntomas. Este trabajo habla tanto de mi análisis del pasado como de mis expectativas sobre el futuro
Nouville and Purana Qila Internment Camps and Collective Memory
Full text linkNouville in New Caledonia and Purana Qila in India both housed interned Japanese civilians during the Second World War. While both camps involved the ‘reuse’ of existing sites, Purana Qila’s use is largely forgotten while Nouville’s is officially acknowledged. This article contrasts the ‘forgetting’ of Purana Qila and the ‘remembering’ of Nouville and argues that the presence of a local group advocating for Nouville has served to ensure that its use as an internment camp is part of the collective memory. The lack of a similar group in India has seen Purana Qila’s use as an internment camp largely forgotten
