#3 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/3/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:18:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png #3 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/3/ 32 32 Statue of President General Julio Argentino Roca in Buenos Aires https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/statue-of-president-general-julio-argentino-roca-in-buenos-aires?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=statue-of-president-general-julio-argentino-roca-in-buenos-aires Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:46:35 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// Former Argentine President Julio Argentino Roca remains a divisive and controversial figure in his home country. Despite forging the foundations of the modern Argentine state, Roca’s campaigns in Patagonia in the ‘Conquest of the Desert’ campaign, has lead to claims that he perpetrated genocide against indigenous Argentine populations. In the modern-era, activists have called for […]

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]]> Former Argentine President Julio Argentino Roca remains a divisive and controversial figure in his home country. Despite forging the foundations of the modern Argentine state, Roca’s campaigns in Patagonia in the ‘Conquest of the Desert’ campaign, has lead to claims that he perpetrated genocide against indigenous Argentine populations. In the modern-era, activists have called for his statue’s removal, while others have adamantly defended it. This case study explores the controversial legacy Roca has left behind, as well as offers an insight into the complex legal process involved that has allowed his statue to remain standing in Argentina’s capital.

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