We Produce Documents and Resources |
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In 2003 the Oral Archive produced three thematic collections
resulting in a composite of interviews, a corpus of
documents, and a historic review of each one. The collections
are available for public consult.
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“Lawyers: Rights and Politics” |
This collection intends to reconstruct
the historical links between legal tradition, professional
practice, and political militancy from different generations
of lawyers in our recent history.
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| “Struggle
and Repression in the labor sector: The case of the Astarsa
shipyard workers (1973-1978)” |
This
collection brings together testimonies about the professional,
local, and political experience of the community of
shipyard workers of the Northern Zone of the Province
of Buenos Aires. |
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| “Mansión
Seré: Concentration policy during the last military
dictatorship” |
This
collection tries to reconstruct the history of a Clandestine
Detention Center and the practices involved in the system
of illegal repression that was carried out there through
the voices of the survivors, family members, neighbors,
human rights defenders, and the anthropologists responsible
for the recuperation of the Center. |
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Exhibits |
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images for memory |
The images
that make up the exhibition are for memory.
Grouped together, they are intended to trigger those
impressions that Argentines share from the recent past.
The purpose of the exhibition is to invite reflection
and a collective elaboration of our past, and to support
the search for answers. The exhibition narrative and
its meaning are complemented by the presence and questions
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| Photographic Exhibit “Little
Traces” |
On October
21st of 2003 a projection of photographic essays was
carried out as part of the event “20 Years of
Democracy”, organized by the government of the
City of Buenos Aires. The projection included different
works of graphic journalists and amateurs, and a selection
made by Memoria Abierta of the photographs of clandestine
detention centers taken by the CONADEP in 1984. The
event, which was sponsored by the Association of Graphic
Reporters (ARGRA), and the Center for Legal and Social
Studies (CELS) among others, took place in the Plaza
Defensa Cultural Center in the City of Buenos Aires.
The exhibit was later projected in other parts of the
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| Graphic Exhibit “XX
Years of Nunca Más” |
September 20th of 2004 marked
20 years since the presentation of the report
of the National Commission on the Disappearance
of Persons (CONADEP) to the then president of
the Republic, Dr. Raúl Alfonsín.
To commemorate the date, Memoria Abierta produced
the graphic exhibit “XX Years of Nunca
Más”.
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Human Rights Archives Census |
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As part of our ambition to democratise access to documentary
sources, we promote initiatives such as the Human
Rights Archives Census whose objective is to divulge
information regarding the existing archives that contain
information about violations perpetrated by terrorist
States in Latin America. |
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Interactive CD: Clandestine Detention Center
El Vesubio |
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The elaboration of the interactive CD about the
Clandestine Detention Center is now in its final
phase. The CD consists of a multimedia combination
of sources and testimonies that allow for an approximation
to the characteristics and operation of El Vesubio.
This material was accepted as proof in the First
Organization of the Army Trial, in the federal
court N3 of Dr. Daniel Rafecas.
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Interviews |
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Memoria Abierta produces testimonies that relate to
the history and memory of State terrorism in Argentina
and the different actions brought about by human rights
organizations and civil society in the search for
truth and justice.
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Map of Clandestine Detention Centres |
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The online version of the interactive CD "Map of
Clandestine Detention Centers" is now available.
This project was carried out by the Topography
of Memory Program and contains information about
200 centers that operated in the Republic of Argentina
during the last military dictatorship.
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Production of Educational Materials |
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The Memoria Abierta archive permits the design and generation
of multimedia materials that work towards education
and mass diffusion. Among these resources at the virtual
exhibition Other
Voices of History and the De
Memoria Collection. |
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Record of Events |
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Memoria Abierta films different events relating to the
memory of State terrorism. These records document the
different initiatives undertaken by civil society and
the State, constituting a rich source for research.
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