The Nación, Otredad, Deseo [Nation, Otherness, Desire] Collective

Abstract

The revolt and constituent process remain an open question, phenomena that permeate everyday life and refuse to show a final truth about themselves. In an attempt to interrupt reflections that fracture thinking, rather than seeking answers, we raise some questions inspired by writings in three moments: the revolt, the constituent process, and the “exit plebiscite.” Three types and foundations of writing—the street, the Peace Accord, and the proposal of a New Constitution (the Little Blue Book)—will be our material objects for asking about recording and writing, and thinking about, how does a people record and write? These writings circulate in archives of words in and with affects such as attachment and rejection, desire and terror, clamor and the rejection of something that seems to be writing itself.