Abstract

ARENAS GRISALES, Sandra Patricia  and  COIMBRA, José César. Memory and Community in the Experience of Vulnerability. The Commemorative Wall of Santo Domingo Savio. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2016, n.49, pp.95-111. ISSN 0121-5167.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.espo.n49a05.

This article describes the creation of a memory initiative in Medellín, Colombia: a commemorative wall with the names of the people murdered in Santo Domingo Savio's neighborhood. Based on this description, the authors analyze the relations among the conceptions of memory, common, and community, and call into question the consequences of commemorating the murderers in the same space of the victims. Why is recognition central for the public discussion on memory? Is there a legitimate and an illegitimate way of mourning? Which lives really matter? The analysis is carried out from the results of two doctoral researches with emphasis on the concepts of community, common and identity. The article concludes that in the case of the commemorative wall of Santo Domingo Savio, what is common to this group are the feelings of loss and vulnerability in facing violence. As a result, what relates the members of this territory is less a positive identity than the recognition of their losses as well as their common dealing with finitude and death.

Keywords : Memory; Common; Community; Identity; Recognition; Medellín.

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