Revisiting the El Mozote massacre: memory and politics in postwar El Salvador

Medina, Rafael Alarcón; Binford, Leigh

doi:10.1080/14623528.2014.975953

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“…A postwar generation of Central Americans has taken on the question of historical memory in education, museum, and oral history projects (Bellino 2014, DeLugan 2012, González-Rivera 2011, Oglesby 2007. Many embrace memory activism to build a more inclusive future through the documentation and representation of national and community histories (Alarcón Medina & Binford 2014, Billingsly 2014, Hernández Rivas 2011, Tully 1997. These initiatives contribute an increasingly public aspect to the discipline as anthropologists consult, give testimony, and advocate.…”

Section: Violence and In/securitymentioning

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The Post–Cold War Anthropology of Central America

Burrell

Moodie²

2015

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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This article reviews the recent and emerging post-Cold War sociocultural anthropology research on Central America, defined as the five countries that share a common colonial and postcolonial history: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Following a consideration of the foundational literature widely engaged by scholars to theorize regional processes, three sections reflect major themes of investigation in the area: political economy, including environmental concerns and migration; political, ethnic, and religious subjectivities; and violence, democracy, and in/security, including gangs. We conclude that the well-developed anthropology of Central America has made key contributions to disciplinary analyses and debates, especially in the fields of political and economic anthropology and in terms of furthering studies of violence, migration, neoliberalism, and postconflict democracy. Anthropologists working in the region have been at the forefront of public and "engaged" anthropology, recognizing the political contexts and power relations in which knowledge is produced.

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Section: Violence and In/securitymentioning

confidence: 96%

The Post–Cold War Anthropology of Central America

Burrell

Moodie²

2015

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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Historical Memory at El Salvador’s Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen

Becerra¹

2016

Latin American Perspectives

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The civil war in El Salvador (1980–1992) resulted in the death of approximately 75,000 people, the vast majority killed by state and paramilitary forces. In the postwar era, the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen in San Salvador promotes historical memory in order to denounce state violence and advance social justice. It departs from the historic role of museums in upholding ruling-class hegemony and offers a progressive model for disseminating and critically engaging with historical memory. This museum makes history relevant to younger generations through the use of oral history, popular pedagogy, and innovative engagement strategies. However, its impact is limited by neoliberal atomization and relatively low levels of grassroots mobilization—common obstacles faced by popular education initiatives around the world. La guerra civil en el El Salvador (1980–1992) causó la muerte de aproximadamente 75,000 personas, la mayoría asesinadas por el Estado y las fuerzas paramilitares. En la posguerra, el Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen en San Salvador promueve la memoria histórica para denunciar la violencia del Estado e impulsar la justicia social. Se aparta, entonces, del papel histórico de los museos como defensores de la hegemonía de la clase dominante al usar un modelo progresista para diseminar y examinar de forma crítica la memoria histórica. Por medio del uso de la historia oral, la pedagogía popular y varias estrategias de participación innovadoras, el museo trata de que la historia sea algo relevante para las generaciones más jóvenes. Sin embargo, su impacto es limitado debido a la atomización neoliberal y a los niveles relativamente bajos de movilización popular –obstáculos que comparte con otras iniciativas de educación popular alrededor del mundo.

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Memoria, excavaciones y exhumaciones simbólicas en la poesía salvadoreño-americana: <em>The Gravedigger's Archaeology</em>, de William Archila

González¹

2018

Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures

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Revisiting the El Mozote massacre: memory and politics in postwar El Salvador

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The Post–Cold War Anthropology of Central America

The Post–Cold War Anthropology of Central America

Historical Memory at El Salvador’s Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen

Memoria, excavaciones y exhumaciones simbólicas en la poesía salvadoreño-americana: <em>The Gravedigger's Archaeology</em>, de William Archila

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