Entry Date:
September 20, 2011

Living Liberia Fabric


The Living Liberia Fabric, produced in affiliation with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia, is an interactive, web-based narrative supporting the goal of lasting peace after years of civil war (1979-2003). It links concerns for liberation, dignity, and the future with needs for cultural foundations, human rights, truth, and reconciliation. The system is based in Liberia's culture and the specificities of the conflicts, hence representing a cultural computing perspective. The system explores how multiplicitous narratives culturally-aesthetically memorializing