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Mexico, 1968: Restitution, Memorialization, and the Fetish of Democracy

Prof Samuel Steinberg (USC) will discuss the transition to human rights and democracy in Mexico post 1968 on the 50th anniversary of the Tlateloco Massacre.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
5:00pm – 11:00am
Silsby 028
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars

Taking as its point of departure the rituals of memorialization that surround the 50th anniversary of 1968, this paper asks whether one can imagine a thought of 1968 in Mexico that is not thoroughly conditioned by the demand of the archive and by the drive to commemorate. Arguing that the post-68 tradition has largely had the effect of working toward a vague notion of justice inflected by the discourse of human rights, which has in turn, been conscripted to the cause of Mexico’s ‘democratic transition,” I will suggest a critical suspension of those restitutive drives in favor of a speculative relation to the legacy of 1968.

For more information, contact:
Sharonna Henderson
sharonna.r.henderson@dartmouth.edu
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