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The contemporary Rohingya art movement, driven by youth survivors, functions as a post-trauma coping mechanism that actively shapes, preserves, and restores the collective memory of the Rohingya crisis. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To analyze participatory, post-trauma visual storytelling in Rohingya artworks and examine how youth utilize painting as a coping mechanism to sustain collective memory.

September 5, 2026Visual Studies

Reading strokes: a visual iconography of Rohingya artworks by genocide-survivors

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GKGazal Khan SBSarbani Banerjee

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Visual essay reveals painting as a post-trauma coping mechanism in Rohingya genocide survivors, highlighting art's role in preserving collective memory.

Key Points

To analyze participatory, post-trauma visual storytelling in Rohingya artworks and examine how youth utilize painting as a coping mechanism to sustain collective memory.
Conducted a visual and iconographical analysis of paintings produced by Rohingya youth who survived genocide and displacement.
Curated and examined thematic artworks created by youth artists, including Muhammad Nur, Enayet Khan, Zainab Lily, and Anuwar Faruk.
Identified painting as an active, performative coping mechanism that aids psychological recovery after acute trauma.
Demonstrated that the distinct techniques and visual narratives employed by Rohingya youth serve to preserve, restore, and shape the community's collective memory.

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Khan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4346b95aff0620eba57 https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586x.2026.2718868

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September 5, 2026Visual Studies

Reading strokes: a visual iconography of Rohingya artworks by genocide-survivors

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GKGazal Khan SBSarbani Banerjee

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Overview

Visual essay reveals painting as a post-trauma coping mechanism in Rohingya genocide survivors, highlighting art's role in preserving collective memory.

Key Points

To analyze participatory, post-trauma visual storytelling in Rohingya artworks and examine how youth utilize painting as a coping mechanism to sustain collective memory.
Conducted a visual and iconographical analysis of paintings produced by Rohingya youth who survived genocide and displacement.
Curated and examined thematic artworks created by youth artists, including Muhammad Nur, Enayet Khan, Zainab Lily, and Anuwar Faruk.
Identified painting as an active, performative coping mechanism that aids psychological recovery after acute trauma.
Demonstrated that the distinct techniques and visual narratives employed by Rohingya youth serve to preserve, restore, and shape the community's collective memory.

Cite This Study

Khan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4346b95aff0620eba57 https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586x.2026.2718868

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