Historia Crítica
ISSN 0121-1617
CHMIEL, Fira. Conquest of the Threshold: Spaces of Transit in Childhood Memories of Exile during the Last Dictatorships in Argentina and Uruguay. []. , 80, pp.129-151. 18--2021. ISSN 0121-1617. https://doi.org/10.7440/histcrit80.2021.07.
Objective/Context:
In this work, I propose to explore the childhood memories of those who experienced exile during the last dictatorships in Argentina and Uruguay. I examine the spaces of transit and meanings stored in the recounted memories.
Methodology:
Based on interviews conducted by me, I focus on the biographical approach and socio-symbolic level when analyzing the narratives produced by the interviewees.
Originality:
The work aims to contribute to a little-explored subject, such as the memories of those who experienced exile in childhood, with the purpose of recovering spatial dimension as a novel perspective in the construction of memory.
Conclusions:
Based on an analysis of evoked experiences, the study highlights the affective link to spaces and meanings in relation to intermediate places of transit during forced migration: thresholds between the known world and the world to be known.
: Argentina; childhood; exile; memory; space; Uruguay.