Witness Citizenship: The Place of Villa Grimaldi in Chilean Memory
2010; Wiley; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1573-7861.2009.01155.x
ISSN1573-7861
Autores Tópico(s)Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
ResumoSociological ForumVolume 25, Issue 1 p. 27-46 Witness Citizenship: The Place of Villa Grimaldi in Chilean Memory1 Macarena Gómez-Barris, Macarena Gómez-Barris Department of Sociology, Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California, 3470 Trousdale Parkway, WPH 303, Los Angeles, California 90089-4033; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this author Macarena Gómez-Barris, Macarena Gómez-Barris Department of Sociology, Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California, 3470 Trousdale Parkway, WPH 303, Los Angeles, California 90089-4033; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this author First published: 21 February 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1573-7861.2009.01155.xCitations: 19 1 I thank Karen Cerulo, Omar Lizardo, Elizabeth Long, and Vered Vinitsky-Seroussi for their helpful comments on early drafts of this article. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract The rebuilding of democracy on the former site of a bloody dictatorship continues to be a work in progress in contemporary Chile. Since 1990, the importance of Villa Grimaldi, and other key cultural sites like it, cannot be dismissed as mere sideshows to the "real business" of democratic state-making.The conversion of a former torture complex to a peace park raises a provocative question both around the function of cultural memory and memorialization: What is the role of a former concentration camp turned memorial park in Chile's process of democratization? I argue that public memorials like Villa Grimaldi Peace Park can be important complements to the incomplete process of transitional justice in nations that have experienced grave human rights violations. Such sites provide significant forms of sociability, which I call "witness citizenship" (human rights participation, generational transmission, and other forms of civic action) that deepen the reach of democracy, especially in the social spaces where truth commissions and institutional processes have not been able to reach. References Aguilar, Mario I. 2003. 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