César López, the Escopetarra and the Memorialization of the Colombian Armed Conflict: Technologies and Apparatuses of Care
Colombian musician and activist César López has comforted victims of the Colombian civil war throughout his career. His songs, albums, and artistic-social projects memorialize painful recent-history events and human rights violations. In 2003, López created the escopetarra, a musical instrument that...
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I10-R377-article-378462025-11-29T22:27:32Z César López, the Escopetarra and the Memorialization of the Colombian Armed Conflict: Technologies and Apparatuses of Care César López, la Escopetarra y la memorialización del conflicto armado colombiano: Tecnologías y aparatos para el cuidado Wanumen Jiménez, Sebastián musical gifts sonic memorialization technologies of care ontological multiplicity symbolic reparations regalos musicales memorialización sónica tecnologías del cuidado multiplicidad ontológica reparaciones simbólicas Colombian musician and activist César López has comforted victims of the Colombian civil war throughout his career. His songs, albums, and artistic-social projects memorialize painful recent-history events and human rights violations. In 2003, López created the escopetarra, a musical instrument that combines a rifle and a guitar. Thereafter, López has been a UN messenger of non-violence. I consider that his compositions are not only sonic memorials but are also musical gifts and, thus, technologies of care. Moreover, as Lopez’s works challenges the logics of heteronormative masculinity, I analyze this case through the feminist and gender studies lenses. I support these claims with data gathered through netnography of several online-concerts and talks, interviews with López, reading journalistic sources, and observing Lopez’s interventions’ online records. I propose that López’s musical gifts operate homologously to memorializations as both share the categorization of technologies of care. Finally, I conclude that Lopez’s activism promotes the democratization of care as he destabilizes the exclusive association of care to the feminine and proposes new masculinities. La carrera artística del músico bogotano César López ha estado dedicada al acompañamiento y memorialización de las víctimas del conflicto armado colombiano. Sus composiciones y canciones conmemoran eventos de violación de derechos humanos en el país y reconocen a las víctimas. En 2003, López creó la escopetarra, un instrumento musical que combina un fusil y una guitarra. Todo esto lo llevó a convertirse en “mensajero de la no violencia” de las Naciones Unidas. Este ensayo propone conceptualizar la música de López y su escopetarra como regalos musicales y, en consecuencia, como tecnologías del cuidado. Además, ya que la obra de López refuta la lógica de la masculinidad heteronormativa, es necesario apoyarse también en la crítica feminista y la perspectiva de género para analizar la materialización del cuidado. A través de una etnografía virtual, la interpretación de fuentes periodísticas, declaraciones públicas, una entrevista con el artista y el análisis de algunas de sus canciones, se concluye que los regalos musicales de López operan de manera homóloga a las memorializaciones pues comparten con estas la categorización de tecnología del cuidado. Finalmente, se concluye que el activismo de López promueve la democratización del cuidado al desestabilizar su asociación exclusiva con lo femenino y proponer nuevas masculinidades. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2022-07-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/37846 10.53971/2718.658x.v13.n21.37846 Recial; Vol. 13 Núm. 21 (2022): Dossier: Géneros y sexualidades en las músicas populares 2718-658X 1853-4112 10.53971/2718.658x.v13.n21 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/37846/38166 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/37846/38167 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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César López, the Escopetarra and the Memorialization of the Colombian Armed Conflict: Technologies and Apparatuses of Care |
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Colombian musician and activist César López has comforted victims of the Colombian civil war throughout his career. His songs, albums, and artistic-social projects memorialize painful recent-history events and human rights violations. In 2003, López created the escopetarra, a musical instrument that combines a rifle and a guitar. Thereafter, López has been a UN messenger of non-violence. I consider that his compositions are not only sonic memorials but are also musical gifts and, thus, technologies of care. Moreover, as Lopez’s works challenges the logics of heteronormative masculinity, I analyze this case through the feminist and gender studies lenses. I support these claims with data gathered through netnography of several online-concerts and talks, interviews with López, reading journalistic sources, and observing Lopez’s interventions’ online records. I propose that López’s musical gifts operate homologously to memorializations as both share the categorization of technologies of care. Finally, I conclude that Lopez’s activism promotes the democratization of care as he destabilizes the exclusive association of care to the feminine and proposes new masculinities. |
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