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Collective memory and research-led filmmaking: spatial legacies of dictatorship in the Dominican Republic

Blackmore, Lisa Marie

Taylor & Francis 2018

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  • Title:
    Collective memory and research-led filmmaking: spatial legacies of dictatorship in the Dominican Republic
  • Author: Blackmore, Lisa Marie
  • Subjects: French & related languages ; Institute of Romance Studies ; Italian, Romanian & related languages ; Latin & Italic languages ; Latin American Center Zurich ; Linguistics ; Literature, rhetoric & criticism ; Spanish & Portuguese languages
  • Notes: 10.1080/15405702.2017.1350686
    https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/144328/
    Blackmore, Lisa Marie (2018). Collective memory and research-led filmmaking: spatial legacies of dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Popular Communication, 16(2):90-105.
  • Description: This article explores theoretical-methodological challenges in researching the formation of collective memory in the wake of dictatorship. The worldwide growth of memory sites suggests space crystallizes memory into stable formations. However, rather than monolithic discourses, environments attest to complex processes of memorialization and willful amnesia. I propose that research-led filmmaking can draw out spaces’ heterogeneous “stories in waiting.” Through the documentary After Trujillo, which revisits memory sites and ruins of Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship from 1930 to 1961 in the Dominican Republic, I assess how working at the interface between research and film can (a) probe space’s testimonial capacity; (b) engage audiences in public debates about violent pasts; and (c) stimulate sustainable discussions through online platforms. Given that films still lack recognition as academic outputs, at stake here is the claim that creative methodologies constitute “a form of research” and “detectable research outputs.”
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Creation Date: 2018
  • Language: English

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