Testimonio, Violence, Witness

What is it about?

Essay draws on original qualitative research about feminicides in Ciudad Juárez to examine a transcribed and translated testimonio. It stages violence in order for listeners to identify with (and take up a position against) acts of violence as "listeners-to-witnesses." That positionality is rhetorically created and aided by contextual antecedents that prime listeners for a feminicidio testimonio by representing violence and kinship and also functioning as scenes for addressing listeners.

Featured Image

Why is it important?

Essay provides insight about the transformational process of listeners-to-witness that begins prior and continues through the delivery of a feminicidio testimonio. Also, the essay provides insights about responses to violence through the production of new witnesses