Intergenerational Survivors of Genocide and Mass Atrocities: Lived Experiences of Knowledge Providers (Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity)

This unique volume brings together intergenerational survivors of genocide and mass atrocities, who are actively engaged in producing knowledge related to their lived and inherited experiences, to share their stories.Centering survivor positionality as a source of epistemic insight rather than bias, the book examines how intergenerational experiences shape scholarship, pedagogy, advocacy, healing, and atrocity prevention practice. Contributors reflect on the benefits, risks, and ethical tensions of this focal positionality while offering concrete recommendations to reduce harm and strengthen support across academic, humanitarian, and policy domains. Organized thematically, the volume explores personal and communal ways of knowing atrocity, identity, and moral inheritance, and the structural conditions under which survivor-scholars work.The book is divided into three parts, including teachings about one’s own lived experiences, narratives about positionality and identity, and navigating