Media and archives of memory in the documentaries about the disappeared students from Ayotzinapa

Authors

  • Sophie Dufays KU Leuven

Keywords:

documentaries, digital memory, digital image, archival image, Ayotzinapa case, Mexico, memory of disappeared people

Abstract

This paper examines the values conferred to the digital images in the documentaries about the Ayotzinapa case, focusing on the preexisting o archival images that are used to document or remember the night of Iguala and the 43 disappeared students. The study, based on a large corpus, pursues two interrelated objectives: (1) to analyze which images are used as archives (that is, as supports of memory and sources for history), with what strategies, and in relation to which historical references; (2) to clarify the mnemonic value of the archival digital images in relation to the no digital ones, with reference to the apparently opposed logics of inscription and dissemination. This analysis will shed light on certain media issues and mechanisms in the (audiovisual and digital) memory of the Ayotzinapa case, where the notions of authenticity and persistence are central.

Published

2022-02-14

How to Cite

Dufays, S. (2022). Media and archives of memory in the documentaries about the disappeared students from Ayotzinapa. A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 19(2), 191–225. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/2069

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