Beyond testimony and trauma oral history in the aftermath of mass violence call for papers 22 25 march 2012 montreal quebec canada we have a good deal to learn as much about ourselves as about survivors by reflecting on the different ways survivors accounts have been gathered utilized and interpreted. Beyond testimony and trauma oral history in the aftermath of mass violence shared oral and public history amazonin high steven books. Beyond testimony and trauma considers other ways to engage with survivors and their accounts based on insights gained from long term oral history projects in a variety of contexts including factory closures industrial injury eugenics and forced sterilization the holocaust genocide in rwanda and cambodia argentinian torture camps the . Beyond testimony and trauma oral history in the aftermath of mass violence shared oral and public history paperback november 1 2015 by steven high editor see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The beyond testimony and trauma conference invited participants to reflect on the many ways that oral historians artists new media practitioners educators and survivors themselves engage with these life stories it also explored collaborative projects in which survivors become partners and not simply historical sources or objects of study