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The article examines the role of forgetting in the aftermath of the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat, India, arguing that local practices of forgetting are as significant as collective memory in post-disaster recovery. Through ethnographic and archival research, it highlights how communities initially sought to abandon sites of loss but eventually returned to rebuild, challenging the dominant narrative that emphasizes memory as the sole response to trauma. The author questions the humanitarian focus on memory, su

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viktrious

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