A sculpture that includes victims of exclusionary social fields. The case of the Slaughter of Floresta, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
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Published
28-02-2017
Alicia Irene Rebollar
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7458-8108
Abstract
In late December 2001, three young people died in the neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Floresta, in a case of "easy trigger", known as the Slaughter of Floresta. Twenty-four marches had place to ask for justice. After the condemnation of the perpetrator, the neighborhood focused on the construction of a monument-tribute. Dissimilar victims came together In this sculptural work: victims of state terrorism, consecrated in the public space, along with victims of state repression in democracy who were fighting for recognition in the field of human rights as victims of insecurity. How was possible to unite these victims with different worldviews in the same monument-tribute? In order to answer this interrogation, qualitative fieldwork was used, mainly interviews with the main actors involved in the creation, construction, siting and inauguration of the sculptural work. The analysis is based on authors whose theories allow to avoiding the naturalization of the categories used. From a procedural and relational perspective, I show that, in addition to state repression, the preeminence of a point of view among those who integrate the field of human rights in Argentina was a fundamental element for the concretion of a sculptural work, which brought together hierarchically dissimilar victims
How to Cite
Rebollar, A. I. (2017). A sculpture that includes victims of exclusionary social fields. The case of the Slaughter of Floresta, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Papeles De Identidad, 2017(1), papel 172. https://doi.org/10.1387/pceic.16969
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Keywords
victims, state terrorism, democracy, monument-tribute, human rights
Section
Single Topic Issues
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