Realms of Memory is a podcast that looks at how countries confront their darkest chapters, what they gain by doing so, and what happens when they fail to take up this challenge. We feature the insights of leading experts on a wide range of difficult national memories.
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Realms of Memory is a podcast that looks at how countries confront their darkest chapters, what they gain by doing so, and what happens when they fail to take up this challenge. We feature the insights of leading experts on a wide range of difficult national memories.
Argentina Betrayed: Memory, Mourning & Accountability
Realms of Memory
53 minutes 37 seconds
3 months ago
Argentina Betrayed: Memory, Mourning & Accountability
There are limits to our ability to cope with traumatic events. When we are unable to mourn, process, and come to terms with the past we run the risk of suffering from sociocultural trauma. This is what Tony Robben argues afflicts the people of Argentina. Utrecht University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Tony Robben explains how repeated forms of betrayal of trust are the root cause of sociocultural trauma in Argentina. As a result Argentina is splintered into competing memory communities and ever shifting frameworks for narrating the past. Explaining the memory rollercoaster in Argentina is the subject of Tony Robben’s book Argentina Betrayed: Memory, Mourning and Accountability.
Realms of Memory
Realms of Memory is a podcast that looks at how countries confront their darkest chapters, what they gain by doing so, and what happens when they fail to take up this challenge. We feature the insights of leading experts on a wide range of difficult national memories.
