Collective memories, human rights and resistance

A concern with collective memory arises in societies that seek to leave behind the violence of a war, of armed confrontations or of a struggle to build democratic forms of coexistence. Collective memory is proposed as part of the transition device, as a reparation strategy for the damage caused by violence, and as an element that would allow violence to never occur again. Therefore, in the XXI century, the concern with the topic is dislocating the reflections on violence and its traumatic effects, in order to search for the understanding of the present from its articulation with the past. The central concern is not exclusively in the recovery of the memory of victims of human rights violations, but in the multiplicity of voices that create stories about the past, in the recovery not only of human experiences, but above all of struggles and resistance, and their articulation with processes such as gender relations and migratory processes.

We start from the assumption that collective memory constitutes a field of conflict where what is in question is not just the interpretations of the past, but the meanings of who we are as a society and our possible futures. The symbolic force of memory lies in its character as a producer of subjects, relationships and social imaginations, a power that becomes a potential source of resistance, instability and transformation. More or simply the fact of naming or sketching certain events does not guarantee their transformative character, but depends on the capacity of their practices to emphasize the hegemonic verses in force in a given social order. Taking on this challenge, in this training space we seek to jointly analyze the actions in which we are engaged in the world, problematizing the past verses that they produce and, at the same time, promoting the construction of new interpretations and meanings that encourage different and mobile ways of producing social subjects. The resurgence of authoritarian regimes in Latin America becomes urgent not only to remember the violence that they exercise in our recent history, but also to understand those elements that contribute to their restoration.

Always using memory as a key to understanding, we will explore its articulations with the political struggles that are not present. Let's do a critical reflection on the construction and political uses of memory spaces, the category of forced disappearance and its current uses, as well as the phenomenon of contemporary migrations. We invite you to think about the possible relationships between memory and gender, from a feminist perspective.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

Know and understand the contemporary debates on collective memory, the relationships between the elaborations of the past and contemporary violence; The place of processing in the configuration of the resistors.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• Discover and analyze experiences of development and implementation of memory policies, human rights and practices of resistance in Latin America.
• Critically reflects on:
  1. The articulations between collective memory processes and political struggles in Latin America.
  2. The potential that the memory spaces have to intervene in the debate on the current dilemmas that involve new violence or forms of violation of rights.
  3. The articulation of the memory field with gender and feminist perspectives tends to take into account the theoretical, methodological and political consequences of this framework.
  4. As transformations and analytical possibilities of the category of disappearance from its transnationalization and current uses in various contexts.
  5. The potential for analysis inserted between collective memories and migrations to emphasize the traditional understandings of both phenomena and open spaces for their reconsideration.
  6. The articulations between artistic manifestations and social movements.

The Specialization of the International Course is intended for graduates; post-graduation students; professors; activists and activists of union organizations, social movements and political parties; public officials; printing workers; members and managers of non-governmental and professional organizations interested in the area.

A university diploma is required.

The Specialization in Collective Memories, Human Rights and Resistance will last 12 months and requires the completion of:

• An international course
• Two elective virtual seminars for curricular offerings
• A support office for the elaboration of final integrative work
• Preparation of final integrative work

The Specialization has a total workload of 360 hours/classroom and is certified by CLACSO and FLACSO Brazil.

The International Course can be done independently without the need for registration in the Specialization program. It will last 12 months and require for its certification the completion and approval of a final project, as well as participation in the activities and tasks proposed by the teaching team.

The International Course has a total workload of 90 hours/classroom and is certified by CLACSO and FLACSO Brazil.

Students will receive support from academic tutors who will accompany them through two different curricular areas and guide them in completing their final work.

CLARIFICATION: Enrollment in the complete Specialization does not require enrollment separately in the International Course.

The curricular spaces will be offered in both Spanish and Portuguese. Likewise, the bibliography may be offered in the two official languages ​​of the course. As two students intervene, our discussion forums can also be different languages. The final integrative work may be in Spanish or Portuguese.