Space and memory: pasts and political violence in Latin America

Objective

To reflect on the critical potential of memory spaces, developed in different Latin American countries, to intervene in the debate on current dilemmas involving new forms of violence or violations of Human Rights (social, economic, political and cultural), among others.

Specific objectives

● Describe and analyze memorialization processes related to past political violence in different Latin American countries.

● Describe and analyze the links between spaces of memory and current dilemmas, according to the reality of each country.

● To understand the potential of memory as a form of political action in the current context.

● To know and apply methodological tools for the study of memorial processes on past violence and current violations of Human Rights.

• Conceptual reflections on spaces of memory and memory of spaces
• Memories and material culture: repertoires, itineraries and performance. Approaches to the ways of remembering in post-violence Peru
• Comparative perspective on sites of memory in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Colombia
• Memory as a driving force for creating spaces for peace and resilience in Colombia
• The Sandinista revolution and memory conflicts in urban space 1979-2019
• Spaces of memories of the revolution
• Forensic landscapes: spaces and agencies resistant to the necropowers of the present in Mexico
• Archaeology and memory. Proposals and strategies for the material preservation of an archaeological site.
• Methodologies for the study of memory spaces 

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