Re-interpreting Southern Cone Memories

ABSTRACT “Re-interpreting Southern Cone Memories” presents a collective and multidisciplinary study of the multi-layered meanings and extended possibilities of memory related to the Southern Cone region of Latin America, with an emphasis on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. The group of articles featured in this volume privilege the enduring power of memory, which is shown as an educational force and a significant component in the construction of civil society. Moreover, they highlight how memory was distorted and threatened under dictatorial regimes, heightening the significance of memory and cultural frameworks. Notably, memory is not considered to be a selective sum of past events but as a force to be studied and, above all, as a tool for action. To remember, particularly in the context navigated by these studies, is to respond to what it brings forth and to act being aware of the role that culture gets to play in (re)building and sustaining society.