This book presentation consists in a dialogue between the two authors, replicating the format of the book. It contains a caparison of memory politics and policies in Argentina and Peru, and confronts the current crisis of memory as a challenge for thinking about what has been done and can be done in the future. The authors, who have a long trajectory in civil rights movements, present an overview of two recent histories in memory politics, which, although very different, are today facing the same context of negationism, backlash and forgetfulness. The study focuses on the importance of generating cultural spaces of remembrance, and reflects on the specific characteristics that such spaces have had in both countries, drawing reflections on what has and has not worked in terms of keeping memory alive. It provides both theoretical reflections as well as as concrete proposals for cultural policies that put memory at the center.
Este panel se realizará como una presentación y un conversatorio en torno a un libro publicado recientemente y que se destaca, sobre todo, por tres características: por su formato dialógico, por su voluntad comparativa al contrastar lo sucedido en dos países latinoamericanos y por asumir la actual crisis de la memoria como un reto académico y también político, vale decir, como un momento para repensar lo que se hizo y plantear nuevas formas de gestión cultural. Los autores, ambos con amplia trayectoria en el movimiento de derechos humanos, ofrecen en este libro un panorama que sintetiza dos historias muy diferentes, pero hoy sumidas en un mismo contexto de negaciones, retrocesos y olvidos.
20260730T110020260730T1230America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresBOOK PRESENTATION: Memory in crisis: Dialogues about Argentina and Peru, by Rubén Chababo and Víctor VichSV401 (ART)MSA Buenos Aires 2026buenosairesconference@memorystudiesassociation.org
