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POOLE, Deborah; ROJAS PÉREZ, Isaías
Memories of Reconciliation: Photography and Memory in Postwar Peru
2006
E-MISFÉRICA 7.2 AFTER TRUTH, John Hopkins University
yuyanapac, cvr, fotografias, violencia, english, ingles
Resumen:
| This article takes the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) photographic exhibit, Yuyanapaq, as a site from which to think about the place of photographs in projects that aim to reclaim collective memory in “post-conflict” settings. We start with a critical examination of the Peruvian TRC’s proposal that the act of looking at images of past violence and suffering contributes to the formation of a shared, collective, and consensual memory concerning the origins and causes of violence and war. We suggest that this approach to memory is facilitated by an understanding of photographic images as self-evident, historical, and perceptual grounds from which individual emotions and feelings can be interpolated as part of a collective moral engagement with the past. The article argues for a critical consideration of how photographic technologies have been used to both sustain a series of partial and shifting truths about violence and to validate stereotyped visual perceptions. |
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This article has been traduced into English
MEMORIAS DE RECONCILIACIÓN: FOTOGRAFÍA Y MEMORIA EN EL PERÚ DE POSTGUERRA
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