Mauro Greco (Buenos Aires, Conicet): “The Aesthetics of the Argentine Dictatorship: Arts and Ethnography at the Crossroads of Collective Responsibilities”
| Dates: | 19 March 2025 |
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| Times: | 17:00 - 18:30 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Speaker: | Mauro Greco |
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This talk is part of the seminar series of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures of the University of Manchester. It is co-organised with the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' research seminar series:
Wed 19 Mar 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A214. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166
Abstract: This talk examines how Hannah Arendt's concept of collective responsibility – originally developed to analyse German society's relationship with Nazism – illuminates our understanding of Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983). Focusing on the tension between societal complicity and resistance, I analyse how recent leftist governments, particularly under the Kirchners, have rewritten this historical narrative. Through a critical examination of the revised foreword to the seminal human rights report Nunca Más ("Never Again"), I demonstrate how their interpretation emphasised heroic resistance while marginalising both everyday forms of accommodation and, more controversially, the possibility that some sectors of society actively favoured state repression. By examining how different social groups responded to the targeting of designated "enemies" – including leftist activists, indigenous communities, and marginalised groups – this research contributes to broader debates about collective memory, political violence, and historical responsibility in post-authoritarian societies.
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Samuel Alexander Building
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