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Spatial Transitions And The Political Economy In Latin America's Memorial Museums: The Ex-Esma And The Memorial Da Resistência, Julia Youngs
Spatial Transitions And The Political Economy In Latin America's Memorial Museums: The Ex-Esma And The Memorial Da Resistência, Julia Youngs
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During the dictatorships both the former DEOPs (Departamento de Ordem Política e Social) in São Paulo and the former ESMA (Escuela Mecánica de la Armada) in Buenos Aires functioned as clandestine detention centers. Today, the functions of both of these spaces could be broadly (and contentiously) described as memorials, museums, and spaces of public gathering. In 2009 the former DEOPs was inaugurated as the Memorial da Resistência, and in 2004 the former ESMA was inaugurated as the Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos [ex-ESMA]. I say “contentiously” because the historical dialogues that framed the creation, use, and definition of the Memorial …