The Semiotic Value of Archive Photography in the Negotiation of Meaning over Recent Past. Analysis of a Photographic Piece by Amnesty International on the Desaparecidos
El valor semiótico de la fotografía de archivo en la negociación de sentido sobre el pasado reciente. Análisis de una pieza fotográfica de Amnistía Internacional sobre los desaparecidos
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archive photography collective identity cultural memory desaparecidos representation fotografía de archivo identidad colectiva memoria cultural desaparecidos representación |
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| Universidad Católica del Uruguay | |
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https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadixit/article/view/1774
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/3522 |
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| Sumario: | This work is framed within the discussion of archive photography as a valuable semiotic resource for the negotiation of meaning that a social collective makes of its recent past. Within this framework, this article proposes a semiotic analysis of one of the photographic pieces that are part of Amnesty International Uruguay's campaign on the detenidos-desaparecidos (2012). The analysis suggests that photographs belonging to the private archives of the desaparecidos and their families have a significant role in the process of collective healing, as they contribute to the creation of the collective actor of the 'desaparecidos’ in social discourse. As visual resources framed in a certain context of meaning, archival photographs are worthy of a Semiotic study. |
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