Between the «duty to remember» and the political use of forgetfulness: Mexico, Argentina and their recent past
This article analyses the official memory of the violent and traumatic past during the presidencies of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina (2007-2015) and Felipe Calderón in Mexico (2006-2012). In methodological terms, this article adopts one of comparison by contrast, which seeks to shed li...
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| description | This article analyses the official memory of the violent and traumatic past during the presidencies of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina (2007-2015) and Felipe Calderón in Mexico (2006-2012). In methodological terms, this article adopts one of comparison by contrast, which seeks to shed light on specific characteristics of each particular case and show how said characteristics affect the process. The documental corpus used is composed of presidential speeches and official initiatives in relation to the recent past of these countries. The argument postulates that kirchnerismo kept a policy of a «duty to remember» in line with a political use of the polarising past, and panismo, in the tendency of the «right to forget», synchronised with a political use of the reconciliatory past. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-95602023-11-27T20:46:17Z Between the «duty to remember» and the political use of forgetfulness: Mexico, Argentina and their recent past Entre el «deber de memoria» y el uso político del olvido: México y Argentina frente al pasado reciente Entre le «devoir de mémoire» et l’instrumentalisation de l’oubli: le Mexique et l’Argentine face au passé récent Perochena, Camila Recent history Argentina Mexico Memory Forgetfulness Historia reciente Argentina México Memoria Olvido Histoire récente Argentine Méxique mémoire participative Oubli This article analyses the official memory of the violent and traumatic past during the presidencies of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina (2007-2015) and Felipe Calderón in Mexico (2006-2012). In methodological terms, this article adopts one of comparison by contrast, which seeks to shed light on specific characteristics of each particular case and show how said characteristics affect the process. The documental corpus used is composed of presidential speeches and official initiatives in relation to the recent past of these countries. The argument postulates that kirchnerismo kept a policy of a «duty to remember» in line with a political use of the polarising past, and panismo, in the tendency of the «right to forget», synchronised with a political use of the reconciliatory past. En este artículo se analizan la memoria oficial del pasado violento y traumático en las presidencias de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner en Argentina (2007-2015) y de Felipe Calderón en México (2006-2012). En términos metodológicos este artículo adopta una comparación por contraste que busca iluminar características específicas de cada caso en particular y mostrar cómo dichas características afectan el proceso más general. El corpus documental utilizado son los discursos presidenciales y las iniciativas oficiales en relación con el pasado reciente de cada país. Ambas experiencias pueden contrastarse a partir de la tensión entre memoria y olvido. El argumento postula que el kirchnerismo se inscribió en una política de «deber de memoria», en sintonía con un uso político del pasado polarizador, y el panismo en la tendencia del «derecho al olvido» en consonancia con un uso político del pasado de carácter reconciliador. Dans cet article nous analyserons la mémoire officielle dupassé violent et traumatisant telle qu’elle a été construite par les présidents Cristina Fernández de Kirchner en Argentine (2007-2015) et Felipe Calderón au Méxique (2006-2012). En termes méthodologiques notre texte cherche à éclairer par la comparaison les caractéristiques spécifiques de chaque cas et veut montrer quels effets produisent celles-ci sur un processus plus large. Notre corpus est constitué par des discours présidentiels et par les initiatives officielles ayant un rapport avec le passé récent des deux pays. Les expériences argentine et mexicaine peuvent être comparées par le biais d’une tension entre mémoire et oubli. Notre thèse indique le kirchnerisme s’est inscrit dans une politique du «devoir de mémoire» compatible avec l’usage politique d’un passé polarisateur, tandis que le panisme l’a fait dans le «droit de l’oubli», conforme avec un usage politique du passé qui mise sur la reconciliation. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2019-12-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/xml https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/9560 10.19053/20275137.n20.2020.9560 Historia Y Memoria; No. 20 (2020): Social and cultural memory. A debate in progress; 23-59 Historia Y Memoria; Núm. 20 (2020): Enero-Junio 2020. Memorias sociales y culturales. Un debate en construcción; 23-59 Historia Y Memoria; No 20 (2020): Mémoires sociales et culturelles. Un débat en construction; 23-59 2322-777X 2027-5137 10.19053/20275137.n20.2020 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/9560/8621 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/9560/9197 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/9560/13046 Derechos de autor 2019 Historia Y MEMORIA |
| spellingShingle | Recent history Argentina Mexico Memory Forgetfulness Historia reciente Argentina México Memoria Olvido Histoire récente Argentine Méxique mémoire participative Oubli Perochena, Camila Between the «duty to remember» and the political use of forgetfulness: Mexico, Argentina and their recent past |
| title | Between the «duty to remember» and the political use of forgetfulness: Mexico, Argentina and their recent past |
| title_alt | Entre el «deber de memoria» y el uso político del olvido: México y Argentina frente al pasado reciente Entre le «devoir de mémoire» et l’instrumentalisation de l’oubli: le Mexique et l’Argentine face au passé récent |
| title_full | Between the «duty to remember» and the political use of forgetfulness: Mexico, Argentina and their recent past |
| title_fullStr | Between the «duty to remember» and the political use of forgetfulness: Mexico, Argentina and their recent past |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between the «duty to remember» and the political use of forgetfulness: Mexico, Argentina and their recent past |
| title_short | Between the «duty to remember» and the political use of forgetfulness: Mexico, Argentina and their recent past |
| title_sort | between the duty to remember and the political use of forgetfulness mexico argentina and their recent past |
| topic | Recent history Argentina Mexico Memory Forgetfulness Historia reciente Argentina México Memoria Olvido Histoire récente Argentine Méxique mémoire participative Oubli |
| topic_facet | Recent history Argentina Mexico Memory Forgetfulness Historia reciente Argentina México Memoria Olvido Histoire récente Argentine Méxique mémoire participative Oubli |
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