Memory: a pathway to peace for Argentina

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Canning House, in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Argentina, present Memory: a pathway to peace for Argentina - a platform to discuss the importance of monuments and memory sites to create social consensus after a conflict or repression, the prevention of future human rights violations and the sustainment of peace.

Between 1976 and 1983 the civic-military dictatorship used the Navy School of Mechanics (ESMA) as a centre for repressive clandestine detention, childbirth, torture and extermination. Today, the ESMA Site Museum is a symbol for Nunca más (Never Again), representing the commitment to the Memory, Truth, and Justice process in Argentina.

This panel discussion will promote the eradication of impunity for crimes against humanity committed during Argentina’s civil-military dictatorship. Our moderator is Minister Alessandra M. Viggiano Marra, the Cultural Attaché of Argentina in charge of gender and human rights issues at the Embassy of Argentina.

Speakers

Minister Alessa Viggiano

Alessa is Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Argentina in the UK, and covers gender and human rights issues. After graduating as a lawyer from the University of Buenos Aires, she embarked on her diplomatic career in 1996. She has 25 years of experience spanning gender affairs, south-south cooperation, and human rights. She has been assigned to the UK, South Africa, Cuba in various positions from Head of the Cooperation Section to the Consul General.

Vikki Bell

Vikki is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research has addressed transitional justice within societies emerging from periods of conflict, with a focus on Latin America, with an emphasis on questions of the aesthetics and ethics. Vikki is the author of four monographs, including Culture and Performance (Berg, 2007) and The Art of Post-Dictatorship: Ethics and Aesthetics in Transitional Argentina (Routledge, 2014).

Cecilia Meirovich

Cecilia currently works as Director of Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina. A career diplomat, she graduated from the Instituto del Servicio Exterior de la Nacion and holds a MA in International Affairs from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina.

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