ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to construct a frame for an engagement between travel writing and social reconciliation.1 The term “reconciliation” refers to some form of psycho-social healing in the everyday discourse of many countries, especially those who have engaged in reconciliation projects at a national level (e.g., South Africa, Cambodia, Canada, Argentina, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, East Timor, New Zealand, and Australia). Various forms of transnational reconciliation are also taking place as attempts at healing continue from World War II-in Germany, Japan, and China-as part of resolving issues left over in the post-Soviet era, and across the whole legacy of western imperialism.
