Visibility and Memories-Building Processes among Afro-Descendants. El Afroargentino Case

This article focuses on the relationship between the new forms of expression of Afro-descendent memory in Argentina and the current processes of visibilization and political demand, analyzing the particularities that have a written support of subaltern senses of the past in its relation with hegemon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Monkevicius, Paola Carolina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/2143
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/2143
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Memorias
história hegemônica
afroargentinos
publicação periódica
escritura.
Memoirs
hegemonic history
Afro-Argentineans
periodical publication
writing.
historia hegemónica
publicación periódica
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Sumario:This article focuses on the relationship between the new forms of expression of Afro-descendent memory in Argentina and the current processes of visibilization and political demand, analyzing the particularities that have a written support of subaltern senses of the past in its relation with hegemonic forms of transmission of the history. It specifically concentrates on the periodical publication “El afroargentino”, published by the civil association African Diaspora from Argentina (DIAFAR by its Spanish acronym), since 2014. Through the ethnographic analysis carried out, it is maintained that these subaltern conceptualizations call into question dominant knowledge, negotiating and disputing new forms of legitimacy and criteria of truth about the past, which enable uses and practices in conflict for the recognition of historically denied citizens' rights. At the same time, the publication empowers certain sectors of Afro leadership as authorized spokesmen to define, recreate and transmit the memory of Afro-descendants in Argentina.