Collective memories and resistance practices
This CLACSO Working Group on Collective Memories and Practices of Resistance She defines her field of work as the articulation between collective memory processes and resistance practices in the context of current neoliberalism, with the aim of understanding, decoding and influencing the new sociopolitical reality.
The proposal focuses primarily on the role of collective memories as instruments of resistance. We understand resistance as those practices, generally carried out from the margins or even underground, that seek to build alternatives and, in doing so, erode and divert hegemonic processes. We are interested in contributing to such practices, recovering their connection to past experiences: from the knowledge of Indigenous peoples to the highs and lows of the most recent experiences of the 21st century.
We have considered reviewing - among other processes - the autonomous community resistances of both indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, the migrant defense movements and the organizations defending natural and energy resources that oppose the penetration of megaprojects and corporations in different regions.
From a feminist and critical perspective, the connections between collective memory, gender, and resistance to various forms of oppression and violence will also be explored. The aim is to delve into non-colonial perspectives, drawing on Latin American social and political experiences and theories, to develop resilient alternatives that contribute to critical thinking. We believe that in the current context of the continent, it is essential to focus on experiences that offer different modes of action and organization to confront violence and overcome fear as an instrument of social control. In other words, forms of political participation and organization that run counter to the accumulation and concentration trends of late capitalism.
coordinate
Ana María Cacopardo
Institute of Justice and Human Rights
National University of Lanús
Argentina
Isabel Piper Shafir
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Universidad de Chile
Chile
Pilar Calveiro
Autonomous University of Mexico City
Academic coordination
Autonomous University of Mexico City
Mexico
Members:
Ana Gugliemucci, Peter Win, Lupicinio Iñiguez, Caterine Galaz, Marisela Montenegro, Catalina Álvarez, Belén Rojas, Mariana Norandi, Fernanda Soto Joya, Rachel Alonso, Laurana Malacalza, Gloria Ochoa Sotomayor, Carolina Maillard Mancilla, Paula Palacios Rojas, Marcela Morales Llaña, Alexis Cortes, Alejandro Castillejo Cuéllar, Gabriel Gatti, Ignacio Irazuzta, Margarita Vanini, Juan Pablo Gómez, Irene Agudelo, Fernando Chacon, Priscilla Cervellón, Johana Mejía, Jefferson Jaramillo Marín, Erika Parrado Pardo, Ramsés Villarreal Gómez, Petra Elizabeth Ángel Palmillas, Mercy Ayala, Juan Pablo Aranguren, Tamara Jorquera Alvarez, Francisca Fernández, Loreto López, Roberto Fernández Droguett, Margarita Vélez Maya, Juan Carlos Arboleda, Natacha Mancilla, Guillermo Ruiz, Makena Ulfe, Carmen Ilizarbe, María Victoria Pita, María José Sarrabayrouse, Marcos Zunino, Valeria Vegh Weis.
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