The unruly image: memory and transmission in Argentina.

Saab, A.P. (2024)

Doctoral Thesis

This dissertation addresses various visual products that have characterized political and artistic practices related to the memory of the dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983). These practices create a visual matrix that paradoxically evokes the forced disappearance of political prisoners. Building upon these images, this dissertation explores the circumstances and challenges of conveying the past in contemporary Argentina and the formation of a collective memory about the recent past.

• Space of images
• Collective memory
• Pedagogy of memory
• Recent history
• Transmission processes
• Politics
• State terrorism
• Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

• All authors: Saab, A.P.
• Supervisor: Alphen, E.J. van; Boletsi, M.
• Co-supervisor: Wanschelbaum, C.
• Committee: Adriaensen, B.Y.A.; Silva, P.; Dhont, R.; Timmer, N.; Lawtoo, N.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
• Date: 2024-10-15