Abstract

ARENAS GRISALES, Sandra Patricia. Memories Persist in Silence. univ.humanist. [online]. 2012, n.74, pp.173-193. ISSN 0120-4807.

This article exposes the hypothesis that memory artifacts, created to commemorate the victims of armed conflict in Colombia, are an expression of the underground memories and a way of political action in the midst of war. We analyze three cases of creations of memory artifacts in Medellín, Colombia, as forms of suffering, perceiving and resisting the power of armed groups in Medellín. The silence, inherent in these objects, should not be treated as an absence of language, but as another form of expression of memory. Silence is a tactic used to overcome losses and reset everyday life in contexts of protracted violence.

Keywords : Memories underground; Memories artifacts; Silence; Medellín; Colombia; Victims; Armed conflict; Violence; Politics and war; Social aspects; Colombia.

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