LACIS Stern Reading
This reading focus on the concept of memory and as such divides it up into three sections. The first section talks about memory as a code word that reminds us about the atrocities of the past so that we don’t forget them and we remember to uphold our human rights steadfastly and references events such as the holocaust. The second section focuses on Chile’s Allende speech during the 1973 coup and mentions how he had the language of the struggle over memory before we had the concept or code word for memory.
The final section focuses on the use of memory for discovery with reference to Chile and ‘olvido’ (oblivion) as the stories of missing people in Pinochet’s Chile came to light the regime tried to move on and make people
This reading focus on the concept of memory and as such divides it up into three sections. The first section talks about memory as a code word that reminds us about the atrocities of the past so that we don’t forget them and we remember to uphold our human rights steadfastly and references events such as the holocaust. The second section focuses on Chile’s Allende speech during the 1973 coup and mentions how he had the language of the struggle over memory before we had the concept or code word for memory.
The final section focuses on the use of memory for discovery with reference to Chile and ‘olvido’ (oblivion) as the stories of missing people in Pinochet’s Chile came to light the regime tried to move on and make people