ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the role of the arts in transitional justice processes. The law and prosecutions must be accompanied by social and institutional transformation in order to produce change in the affected society. In societies that have experienced mass human rights violations, very few people will seek justice before the courts and even fewer will qualify to obtain material reparation from the state. The field of transitional justice has only seen an upsurge of literature on the role of the arts in post-conflict societies, which has underscored that it is necessary to pay attention to 'the cultural and individual dimensions of transitional processes'. Artistic projects have the potential to break through silence, and to serve as a symbolic form of public acknowledgement and recognition that crimes happened. Artistic installations have the potential to create narratives that can strengthen or weaken the social fabric of the nation.
