“Any historical narrative is a bundle of silences.” SilenceHistoryHistoricalNarrativeBundles Author:Michel-Rolph Trouillot
“The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only a chapter within a narrative of global domination. It is part of the history of the West and it is likely to persist, even in attenuated form, as long as the history of the West is not retold in ways that bring forward the perspective of the world.” WorldWayLongFormRevolutionPerspectiveWestNarrativeChaptersPersistDominationSilencingHaitianHaitian Revolution Book:Silencing the Past (20th anniversary edition): Power and the Production of History Source: Silencing the Past (20th anniversary edition): Power and the Production of History
“Silences enter the process of historical production at four crucial moments: the moment of fact creation (the making of sources); the moment of fact assembly (the making of archives); the moment of fact retrieval (the making of narratives); and the moment of retrospective significance (the making of history in the final instance).” MomentsFactsProcessSilenceFourCreationSourceHistoricalFinalsProductionsInstanceNarrativeSignificanceCrucialAssemblyArchivesRetrospectiveCrucial Moments Book:Silencing the Past (20th anniversary edition): Power and the Production of History Source: Silencing the Past (20th anniversary edition): Power and the Production of History
