Repurposing Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/repurposing/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:10:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png Repurposing Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/repurposing/ 32 32 The Stands of Dignity and Escotilla 8 in Santiago https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/the-stands-of-dignity-and-escotilla-8-in-santiago?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-stands-of-dignity-and-escotilla-8-in-santiago Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:16:41 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// Following the military coup against Salvador Allende in September 1973, the Chilean Armed Forces transformed the former stadium of Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos into the country’s largest detention centre for political prisoners, where abuse was rife. Following the transition to democracy, the Estadio Nacional possessed a complicated status functioning simultaneously as a venue of […]

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]]> Following the military coup against Salvador Allende in September 1973, the Chilean Armed Forces transformed the former stadium of Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos into the country’s largest detention centre for political prisoners, where abuse was rife. Following the transition to democracy, the Estadio Nacional possessed a complicated status functioning simultaneously as a venue of national importance while also embodying the trauma of thousands of former prisoners. This case study explores how memory groups advocated to create a physical memorial within a space intimately linked to a traumatic past.

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