Time and Narration in the testimonies given by Argentine Human Rights movements' activists
Debates around Oral History have not ceased for the last years, in spite of having reached certain maturity in their methodological face. Some aspects which refer to professional ethics, to the truthfulness of testimonies, to the way in which oral history is produced and to the property of the histo...
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Debates around Oral History have not ceased for the last years, in spite of having reached certain maturity in their methodological face. Some aspects which refer to professional ethics, to the truthfulness of testimonies, to the way in which oral history is produced and to the property of the historical accounts, still remain object of debate in every Oral History Convention. One of the issues which still needs to be deeply discussed is the time of the testimonies, as a result of the oral history interviews with the protagonists of recent history. Within the last problem referred to as a reflection on “history protagonists´ protagonism” when narrating their memories, we will be able to reconsider the significance of oral testimony as it makes the social actor return to a vivid past which is related to the present of the interview. When it comes to interviewing human rights movements´activists, we can think of a triple protagonism of the social actors, placing them in a permanent position which covers both past and present: 1) That initial protagonism of political activism which begins in the hard years of the last civic-military dictatorship or during the transition to democracy with the search for their disappeared relatives. 2. That protagonism they achieve one more time when they narrate their life experience during the oral history interviews, where building up the historical accounts can only be carried out by those who have experienced history and who have been their direct witnesses. 3. The participation as witnesses/claimants in the trials for crimes against humanity of the last years which, once again, turns Human Rights activists into main characters in a relevant historical deed. In this article, I thus aim at examining the temporal matter and the triple protagonism mentioned above, so as to contribute to the study field with new issues to think about when it comes to using that complex methodology proposed by oral history. |
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I28-R145-6238_oai2025-11-17 Kotler, Rubén Isidoro 2018-12-10 Debates around Oral History have not ceased for the last years, in spite of having reached certain maturity in their methodological face. Some aspects which refer to professional ethics, to the truthfulness of testimonies, to the way in which oral history is produced and to the property of the historical accounts, still remain object of debate in every Oral History Convention. One of the issues which still needs to be deeply discussed is the time of the testimonies, as a result of the oral history interviews with the protagonists of recent history. Within the last problem referred to as a reflection on “history protagonists´ protagonism” when narrating their memories, we will be able to reconsider the significance of oral testimony as it makes the social actor return to a vivid past which is related to the present of the interview. When it comes to interviewing human rights movements´activists, we can think of a triple protagonism of the social actors, placing them in a permanent position which covers both past and present: 1) That initial protagonism of political activism which begins in the hard years of the last civic-military dictatorship or during the transition to democracy with the search for their disappeared relatives. 2. That protagonism they achieve one more time when they narrate their life experience during the oral history interviews, where building up the historical accounts can only be carried out by those who have experienced history and who have been their direct witnesses. 3. The participation as witnesses/claimants in the trials for crimes against humanity of the last years which, once again, turns Human Rights activists into main characters in a relevant historical deed. In this article, I thus aim at examining the temporal matter and the triple protagonism mentioned above, so as to contribute to the study field with new issues to think about when it comes to using that complex methodology proposed by oral history. Los debates en torno a la historia oral no han cejado en los últimos años a pesar de haber alcanzado cierta madurez en su faz metodológica. Algunos aspectos referidos a la ética profesional, a la veracidad de los testimonios, a la forma de “hacer” historia oral y a la propiedad de los relatos, siguen siendo materia de debate en cada congreso de historia oral. Uno de los aspectos que aún precisan ser debatidos en profundidad es el tiempo de los testimonios, resultante de las entrevistas de historia oral con protagonistas de la historia reciente. Dentro de la última problemática mencionada la reflexión sobre “el protagonismo de los protagonistas” de la historia al narrar sus memorias nos permitirá re-pensar el valor del testimonio oral en cuanto que devuelve al actor social a un pasado vivido que entronca con el presente de la entrevista. En el caso de la entrevista a militantes del movimiento de derechos humanos podemos pensar en un triple protagonismo de los actores sociales que los sitúa en todo momento en un terreno que abarca pasado y presente: 1) El protagonismo inicial de una militancia que comienza bien en los años duros de la última dictadura cívico militar en la búsqueda de los familiares detenidos – desaparecidos o en los primeros años de la transición; 2) El protagonismo que adquieren nuevamente al relatar la experiencia de vida en las entrevistas de historia oral, donde la construcción del relato histórico solo es posible en quiénes han vivido la historia y han sido testigos directos de ella; 3) La participación como testigos / querellantes en los juicios de lesa humanidad de los últimos años y que vuelve a colocar a los militantes del movimiento de DDHH como partícipes de un hecho histórico relevante. Me propongo entonces en el presente artículo, examinar la cuestión temporal y el triple protagonismo mencionado con el objetivo de aportar al campo de estudio nuevas cuestiones sobre las que pensar a la hora de utilizar la compleja metodología que nos propone el campo de la historia oral. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/HVM/article/view/6238 10.34096/hvm.n12.6238 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/HVM/article/view/6238/5474 Historia, voces y memoria; Núm. 12 (2018); 19-29 2346-9471 1852-5369 derechos humanos tiempo narración human rights time narration Time and Narration in the testimonies given by Argentine Human Rights movements' activists Tiempo y relato en los testimonios de activistas del movimiento de DDHH en Argentina info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=hvm&d=6238_oai |