ARCHITECTURE and MEMORY, At Buenos Aires, Volume: 1
ABSTRACT “Transition to democracy or post-dictatorship?” The dichotomy settled in during the earl... more ABSTRACT “Transition to democracy or post-dictatorship?” The dichotomy settled in during the early 90s when the Aylwin[1] Administration had just begun. Indeed, both alternatives represented much more than academic rhetoric. Those who understood the Chilean process as a transition process regarded civilian command, consensus and the need for stability as the goal and target of the government. Those who preferred to refer to the newly inaugurated period as a post-dictatorship, focused on the early rusting of coordinative reformism which proved unable to pierce a hole on the institutional fence guarded by the sentries of the authoritarian project. Together with “Transition or post-dictatorship?”, “Truth or justice?” was other couple that characterized the Chile of Aylwin or Frei Ruiz-Tagle[2]. While “Transition or post-dictatorship” brought up the binominal electoral system, the senators appointment and the qualified quorums necessary for any significant reform, “Truth or justice” appealed to a broader field, where ethic was present too, but also to a much more precise field. Undoubtedly, “Truth or justice” would not exist as a dilemma if the human rights of thousands of people had not been systematically violated in Chile during the military dictatorship. With dichotomies like these, the Chilean experience balance risks swelling its charmless look. It’s not our interest to use make up on a course of action that created dissatisfaction both in Chile and abroad. Rather, our concern is to attempt a first reflection on the exiting tension between Democratic Restoration and Human Rights. Fear not, we are not going to focus on the politological view. We know the purpose of this forum is to revisit the worrying relation between urban planning, testimonial places and places of awareness. Based on the City-Memory polarity, we will unfold our arguments appealing to concise contextualization. Which arguments? The ones that mostly refer to the memorializations present in contemporary Santiago.
ARCHITECTURE and MEMORY, At Buenos Aires, Volume: 1
ABSTRACT “Transition to democracy or post-dictatorship?” The dichotomy settled in during the earl... more ABSTRACT “Transition to democracy or post-dictatorship?” The dichotomy settled in during the early 90s when the Aylwin[1] Administration had just begun. Indeed, both alternatives represented much more than academic rhetoric. Those who understood the Chilean process as a transition process regarded civilian command, consensus and the need for stability as the goal and target of the government. Those who preferred to refer to the newly inaugurated period as a post-dictatorship, focused on the early rusting of coordinative reformism which proved unable to pierce a hole on the institutional fence guarded by the sentries of the authoritarian project. Together with “Transition or post-dictatorship?”, “Truth or justice?” was other couple that characterized the Chile of Aylwin or Frei Ruiz-Tagle[2]. While “Transition or post-dictatorship” brought up the binominal electoral system, the senators appointment and the qualified quorums necessary for any significant reform, “Truth or justice” appealed to a broader field, where ethic was present too, but also to a much more precise field. Undoubtedly, “Truth or justice” would not exist as a dilemma if the human rights of thousands of people had not been systematically violated in Chile during the military dictatorship. With dichotomies like these, the Chilean experience balance risks swelling its charmless look. It’s not our interest to use make up on a course of action that created dissatisfaction both in Chile and abroad. Rather, our concern is to attempt a first reflection on the exiting tension between Democratic Restoration and Human Rights. Fear not, we are not going to focus on the politological view. We know the purpose of this forum is to revisit the worrying relation between urban planning, testimonial places and places of awareness. Based on the City-Memory polarity, we will unfold our arguments appealing to concise contextualization. Which arguments? The ones that mostly refer to the memorializations present in contemporary Santiago.
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