Thesis Chapters by Carlos Dorantes
Remembering through Telling Stories: The Political Action of Keeping the Memory of the Disappeared Alive in Mexico, 2016
This paper seeks to examine the relationship between memory and the politicisation of the familie... more This paper seeks to examine the relationship between memory and the politicisation of the families/friends of persons who have disappeared in Mexico since 2006. It is argued that through remembering and telling their stories, families contest the official narratives that avoid providing truth and/or justice. A theoretical approach of politics as a dispute over narratives is applied to a discussion of the importance of an open past of multiple, clashing tales. Finally, I conclude that the politicisation of the families is motivated by the suffering caused by violence and that memory is only one expression of what I call hurting politics. These responses provide acknowledgment in a context characterised by invisibilisation and impunity.
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Thesis Chapters by Carlos Dorantes