Under the leadership of UNESCO’s Slave Routes Project, GHFP, working with Georgetown University launched a research project which aimed to map out the diverse conceptions and methodologies of healing (mass trauma such as genocide and slavery). This research locates the inquiry around the contextualised question: “What might constitute healing (in the context of the wounds of trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery)?”
This commitment highlighted the necessity for such an inquiry especially given the kinds of harm and woundedness that need to be attended and addressed through healing processes. It argued why a mapping research should be designed as a mixed-methods investigation, and outlines the details of the intended research processes.
Healing the Wounds of Slavery was aimed at healing and addressing the wounds and psycho-social, economic and political consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slave history. The hope is to create pathways towards personal, cultural, relational and institutional transformation.