Disasters Of Peace An Exchange Pulp Fictions No 1

Disasters of Peace: An Exchange - PULP FICTIONS No.1 Edited by Christof Heyns and Karin van Marle 2005 ISSN: 1992-5174 Pages: 33 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available About the publication Central to the becoming of a society in the context of posts (postapartheid, postcolonial, postmodern) and in the context of transformations of the political, legal, socio-economic and cultural is the creation of a vibrant and active public sphere. Of particular concern is an insistence on democracy and transparency radically different from strategic and instrumental conceptions – a space for dialogue and dissent, an opportunity for creativity, experimentation and re-imaginings. During the last part of 2004 and the first part of 2005, the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria moved to a new building on campus. The artworks at the new building sparked strong controversy in the Faculty. Two members of the Faculty, who found themselves to be in disagreement on some of the issues raised in this debate, set out their views during the Arts and Reconciliation Festival and Conference at the University of Pretoria, on 16 March 2005. About the editors: Christof Heyns is Director of the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. Prof Heyns' article is entitled: In graphic detail: Freedom of expression on campus. Karin van Marle is a Professor at the Department of Legal History, Comparitive Law and Jurisprudence, at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. Her response is entitled: Art, democracy and resisitance: A response to Professor Heyns. http://www.pulp.up.ac.za/pulp-fictions/disasters-of-peace-an-exchange-pulp-fictions-no-1

Disasters of Peace Part 2: A student perspective - PULP FICTIONS No.7 Edited by Karin van Marle 2011 ISSN: 1992-5174 Pages: 40 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available About the publication In this edition of Pulp fictions two law students reflect on the issues taken up in the first edition of Pulp fictions in 2005. Joel Modiri and Emile Zitzke (both second years in 2011), after reading the dialogue between Heyns and Van Marle last year as first year students coming into the faculty of law were prompted to revisit some of the issues raised. Heyns and Van Marle’s dialogue was in response to a decision of the Centre for Human Rights not to display a group of etchings by Diane Victor from her Disasters of Peace series in their offices and a subsequent decision of the University’s management, taken after the group of etchings had been moved to the Department of Public Law, to remove two of the etchings that were found to be most offensive by a group of complainants including the then principal of the University, Prof Calie Pistorius. Six years after the removal of these art works Modiri and Zitzke bring fresh perspectives to the debate. Added to this edition also is a musing by Prof Christof Heyns. The original idea with Pulp fictions was to open spaces for discussion, dialogue and dissent and opportunity for creativity, experimentation and reimaginings. Over the past 6 years, colleagues from the UP Faculty of Law; from other faculties in UP; and from other universities have participated, as have a judge of the Constitutional Court and an attorney. This is the first edition in which students have entered these spaces. We welcome this expansion and reiterate previous calls for more participation from the UP academic community and beyond. About the Editor: Karin van Marle is a Professor at the Department of Legal History, Comparitive Law and Jurisprudence, at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria

During the last part of 2004 and the first part of 2005, the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria moved to a new building on campus. The artworks at the new building sparked strong controversy in the Faculty. Two members of the Faculty, who found themselves to be in disagreement on some of the issues raised in this debate, set out their views during the Arts and Reconciliation Festival and Conference at the University of Pretoria, on 16 March 2005. Reprinted here are edited versions of their papers.

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