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Grasping the Global and the Local in Memorialisation Practices. Some Dialogues and Tensions between Latin America and Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2014

Estela Schindel
Estela Schindel*
Affiliation:
Universität Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany. E-mail: estela.schindel@uni-konstanz.de
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Abstract

Theses about globalised, cosmopolitan, transnational or multilateral memories have received wide circulation over the past few decades. However, their reception in – and pertinence to – Latin America has up to now received little attention within the international debate. This article aims to contribute to this debate by focusing on the particular field of memorialisation discourses and practices. The text posits the existence of a certain global memorialising language, characterised by particular aesthetic and architectonic features. These traits are placed in contrast and in dialogue with the rich memorial tradition that has developed in Argentina since the 1970s, led by the human rights movement and its supporters.

Type
Focus: Transnational Memory in the Hispanic World
Information
European Review , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 2014 , pp. 594 - 602
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2014 

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