Expressions artistiques , mémoire d'une histoire traumatique et interpellation politique
(2019) Ecritures minoritaires de la mémoire dans les Amériques — n° 40, p. 79-95 (2019)
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- (en) Peru experienced a period of terrorism and repression between 1980 and 2000. The majority of the victims were farmers from remote villages in the country. In the year 2000, a truth and reconciliation commission carried out a survey of the victims and the acts suffered by the survivors. As a follow-up to this work, a consortium of non-governmental organizations launched an artistic competition in the areas most affected by violence for the survivors to express their sufferings. This competition was named Rescate por la memoria (Saving Memory). I propose to analyze three of these popular works, which can be considered as "minor writings" made by survivors of massacres. I will highlight the importance of these memorial traces of traumatic events for survivors and their political impact since such memorial testimonies challenge politicians in order not to be repeated.
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Grard, C. (2019). Expressions artistiques , mémoire d’une histoire traumatique et interpellation politique. Ecritures minoritaires de la mémoire dans les Amériques, 40, 79-95. https://doi.org/10.4000/babel.7699 (Original work published 2019)