"Don't let them take it from above." Melancholy as a Political Imperative

This article proposes to return to the so-called "Basterra Report", the statement that Víctor Melchor Basterra, survivor of the clandestine detention center of the Navy School of Mechanics (former ESMA) offered at the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in 1984 with the aim of think...

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Autor principal: Taccetta, Natalia
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2023
Materias:
Basterra Report;
melancholy;
declassification
Informe Basterra;
melancolía;
desclasificación
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/43600
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Heterotopías de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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spelling I10-R333-article-436002023-12-19T19:46:18Z "Don't let them take it from above." Melancholy as a Political Imperative “Que no se la lleven de arriba”. La melancolía como imperativo político Taccetta, Natalia Basterra Report; melancholy; declassification Informe Basterra; melancolía; desclasificación This article proposes to return to the so-called "Basterra Report", the statement that Víctor Melchor Basterra, survivor of the clandestine detention center of the Navy School of Mechanics (former ESMA) offered at the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in 1984 with the aim of thinking about the affective matrix that underlies his testimonial vocation. In this sense, a double dimension of analysis is proposed: on the one hand, to think about Basterra's archival vocation in his will to declassify documents of the repressors; on the other hand, to explore his compulsion to remember in terms of an operant melancholy that functions as a political imperative. Este artículo propone volver sobre el denominado “Informe Basterra”, la declaración que Víctor Melchor Basterra, sobreviviente del centro clandestino de detención de la Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (ex ESMA) ofreciera en el Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) en 1984, con el objetivo de pensar la matriz afectiva que subyace a su vocación testimonial. En este sentido, se propone una doble dimensión de análisis: por un lado, pensar la vocación archivística de Basterra en su voluntad por desclasificar documentos de los represores; por otro lado, explorar su compulsión por recordar en términos de una melancolía operante que funciona como imperativo político. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2023-12-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Inscriptions of the catastrophe Inscripciones de la catástrofe application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/43600 Heterotopías; Vol. 6 No. 12 (2023): Discourses, representations, and appropriations of the contemporary city. A look at urban habitation; 1-16 Heterotopías; Vol. 6 Núm. 12 (2023): "Discursos, representaciones, y apropiaciones de la ciudad contemporánea. Una mirada al  habitar urbano"; 1-16 2618-2726 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/43600/43636 Derechos de autor 2023 Heterotopías https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic Basterra Report;
melancholy;
declassification
Informe Basterra;
melancolía;
desclasificación
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melancholy;
declassification
Informe Basterra;
melancolía;
desclasificación
Taccetta, Natalia
"Don't let them take it from above." Melancholy as a Political Imperative
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melancholy;
declassification
Informe Basterra;
melancolía;
desclasificación
author Taccetta, Natalia
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title "Don't let them take it from above." Melancholy as a Political Imperative
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title_full "Don't let them take it from above." Melancholy as a Political Imperative
title_fullStr "Don't let them take it from above." Melancholy as a Political Imperative
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description This article proposes to return to the so-called "Basterra Report", the statement that Víctor Melchor Basterra, survivor of the clandestine detention center of the Navy School of Mechanics (former ESMA) offered at the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in 1984 with the aim of thinking about the affective matrix that underlies his testimonial vocation. In this sense, a double dimension of analysis is proposed: on the one hand, to think about Basterra's archival vocation in his will to declassify documents of the repressors; on the other hand, to explore his compulsion to remember in terms of an operant melancholy that functions as a political imperative.
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