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Genocidio. Memoria, Verdad, Justicia Y Elaboración Genocidio. Memoria, Verdad, Justicia y Elaboración Genocide Truth, Memory, Justice and Recovery 9° Conferencia Bianual de la Asociación Internacional de Investigadores sobre Genocidio IXth Biennial Conference International Association of Genocide Scholars 19 al 22 de Julio de 2011 July 19th-22nd, 2011 Buenos Aires | Argentina Declarado de Interés por el Honorable Senado de la Nación, VSP- 416/11 Genocidio. Memoria, Verdad, Justicia y Elaboración 9 Conferencia Bianual de la International Association of Genocide Scholars 19 al 22 de Julio de 2011 | Buenos Aires | Argentina Presentación/Introduction En las dos últimas décadas, el campo de los estudios sobre genocidio se ha expandido notoriamente. Sin embargo, hasta el momento no ha existido una sólida consideración académica de las consecuencias de los genocidios, incluyendo los modos en que las sociedades post-conflicto han abordado las cuestiones de la verdad, la memoria, la justicia y la elaboración. El foco elegido esta vez resulta particularmente apropiado dado que la actual será la primera conferencia en América Latina de la Asociación Internacional de Investigadores sobre Genocidio. En los procesos de resistencia ante la violencia masiva en el subcontinente, una sentencia se hizo consigna social de los pueblos: Memoria, Verdad y Justicia. Pese a los intentos de canjear una por otra (Justicia por Verdad), las sociedades latinoamericanas han insistido y siguen insistiendo en que sólo la articulación de los tres pilares puede permitir la recuperación ante las consecuencias del terror. Memoria, Verdad y Justicia se proponen, entonces, en tanto condiciones del cuarto término, Elaboración. Over the last two decades, the field of genocide studies has rapidly proliferated. To date, however, the field has not fully addressed the aftermat of genocide, including the ways in which post-conflict societies negotiate issues of truth and memory and seek justice and recovery. This focus is particularly appropriate given the venue, Argentina, and the fact that this will be the first IAGS conference ever held in Latin America. During 1980s and 1990s, the phrase “truth, memory, and justice” became a key watchword of resistance and resilience. Despite periodic attempts to focus on one of these issues alone (for example, seeking truth instead of justice), many people in Latin America have and continue to insist that only the three pillars together enable individual and social recovery from collective terror. Truth, Memory, and Justice, then, are preconditions for the fourth pillar, Recovery. Comité académico /Academic Committee Directores/Chairs Daniel Feierstein Alex Hinton Khatchik Der Goughassian, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina Gabriel Gatti, Universidad del País Vasco, España Jutta Lindert, Ludwigsburg Universitat, Germany Jens Meierhenrich, Harvard University, USA Ernesto Verdeja, Notre Dame University, USA 2 Genocidio. Memoria, Verdad, Justicia y Elaboración 9 Conferencia Bianual de la International Association of Genocide Scholars 19 al 22 de Julio de 2011 | Buenos Aires | Argentina Presidente actual de IAGS/IAGS Current President William Schabas, Galway University, Ireland Coordinación técnica / Technical coordination Claudia Massuh Centro de Estudios sobre Genocidio/Center for Genocide Studies UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRES DE FEBRERO [email protected] Sobre la organización de este programa/ About the organization of this program: La recepción de trabajos para esta Conferencia ha superado toda expectativa, lo que nos ha obligado a establecer una regla por la cual no fue aceptado más que un trabajo por persona, pese a que muchos investigadores habían remitido una cantidad mayor. Esta regla sólo fue quebrada con la invitación a algunos investigadores a integrar los paneles semi-plenarios (organizados por el Comité Académico) o a participar como Moderadores o Comentaristas de alguna de las mesas. La agrupación de paneles respetó las propuestas enviadas. Como la mayoría de los trabajos no fueron incluidos en paneles previos, este Comité se ha tomado la atribución de agruparlos en función de temáticas afines. En los numerosos casos en que dichas tópicos cubren más de un panel, se han dividido en sesiones buscando nunca superponer las sesiones de la misma temática, para permitir a los investigadores asistir al conjunto de sesiones de un tema, en caso de desearlo. Asimismo, en la asignación de aulas se buscó dejar libres los horarios de paneles semi-plenarios. Sin embargo, por la cantidad de trabajos recibidos esto tampoco fue posible. Se optó, entonces, por ubicar en los horarios de paneles semi-plenarios, sesiones que no tuvieran vinculación alguna con los antes mencionados, a modo de ofrecer al igual que durante toda la Conferencia, opciones diferentes para públicos diferentes. Dada la calidad de los trabajos recibidos y la selección previa realizada por el Comité Académico, sumada a la política de contar con traducción simultánea inglés-español/español-inglés para el conjunto de los trabajos presentadas en esta Conferencia, se optó por agruparlos por temáticas, no seleccionando en el armado de los paneles entre ponencias en inglés o en español o ponencias presentadas por profesionales o por estudiantes de posgrado. Esto permitirá, a nuestro entender, una mayor posibilidad de diálogo intercultural e intergeneracional. Esperando haber cumplido nuestro objetivo y ofrecer un ámbito enriquecedor para el intercambio académico, los invitamos a la IXa Conferencia de IAGS. Daniel Feierstein y Alex Hinton Co-Directores 3 Genocidio. Memoria, Verdad, Justicia y Elaboración 9 Conferencia Bianual de la International Association of Genocide Scholars 19 al 22 de Julio de 2011 | Buenos Aires | Argentina The call for papers for this conference has exceeded all expectations, which has forced us to establish a rule that was to accept only one paper per participant, although many researchers had sent more. This rule has only been broken by inviting some scholars to participate in semi-plenary panels - organized by the Academic Committee - or to participate as moderators or reviewers on one of the regular sessions. The panel clustering has respected proposals submitted. As most works were not included in previous panels, this Committee has taken the assignment to group according to similar topics. In the numerous occasions where these issues covered more than one panel’s subject, these have been divided into sessions so as to never overlap similar panels, therefore allowing researchers to attend all sessions of a same area. Moreover, in the allocation of panel rooms, organizers tried to leave free from schedule those in which semi-plenary panels would take place. However, the number of entries received made this nearly impossible, consequently locating semi-plenary panel sessions at times that have no connection whatsoever with these panels was decided, as well as throughout the conference; different options for different audiences. Due to the quality of work received and the previous selection made by the Academic Committee, together with the policy of having English-Spanish/Spanish-English simultaneous translation for the whole of presented papers in this Conference, we chose to sort them by theme, without distinction in the composition of the panels, language of the presentation as well as integrating academic professionals with graduate students. This will in our view, provides a greater chance of inter-cultural dialogue. Hoping to have reached our goal and provide a rich field for academic exchange, we invite you to the IXth IAGS Conference. Daniel Feierstein and Alex Hinton Co-Chairs Reseña de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero / Overview of Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero La Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero fue creada en 1995 con el objetivo no sólo de constituirse en otra Universidad pública nacional, sino con la peculiaridad de buscar formar recursos humanos específicamente destinados a solucionar los problemas económicos, sociales, humanísticos, educativos y sanitarios de la región en la que se encuentra situada, el partido de Tres de Febrero. Dicha región es caracterizada económicamente como de radicación de pequeñas y medianas empresas e industria urbana y cuenta con población de clase media y media baja, con zonas de exclusión social, y con buenos sistemas sanitarios y educacionales. 4 Genocidio. Memoria, Verdad, Justicia y Elaboración 9 Conferencia Bianual de la International Association of Genocide Scholars 19 al 22 de Julio de 2011 | Buenos Aires | Argentina Sin embargo, como Universidad nacional pública, la misma no posee una mirada exclusivamente localista, sino que busca que sus egresados puedan contribuir al desarrollo global del país. Son estas áreas de necesidades insatisfechas, tanto de orden local, regional como nacional, las que guían la propuesta académica de la UNTREF, que incluye la decisión de explorar nuevos espacios de conocimiento, más allá de las carreras más tradicionales desarrolladas en las universidades más antiguas. Es así que la UNTREF ha decidido priorizar en su desarrollo académico áreas como Administración y Economía, Ciencias Sociales, Metodología de Investigación, Estadística y Matemática, Artes y Cultura, Salud y Seguridad Social, Ingeniería o Educación. De manera de potenciar los resultados positivos en investigación, docencia y extensión, la UNTREF se ha focalizado también en áreas específicas de conocimiento que ha decidido privilegiar, las que se canalizan a través de los núcleos, institutos y centros de investigación. Las áreas
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