LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY

A Sacred Place for the tribute and memory of all the victims of Forced Disappearance in Guatemala.

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Landscapes of Memory, in Comalapa, Chimaltenango, is a Memorial, a Sacred Place that seeks to redefine the Historical Site used for terror, in a Space of Memory intended to honor all the victims of Forced Disappearance in the country, promoting in it the construction of collective memories, intergenerational dialogue, human rights, the vindication of lives that were cut short.

Paisajes de la Memoria is the cradle of cultural and collective activities aimed at the symbolic reparation of the victims, their families and the society that was fractured by the serious violations of human rights that occurred during the Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala.

SEARCH AND
DENTIFICATION

"After years of starting work here, we are still trying to identify all the people"

"In those two years (2003 - 2005) we found 220 bodies of husbands, wives, men, women. We originally thought THAT they were all from Comalapa. We began the analysis and realized that it was not that easy, that what really happened in Comalapa was that they were hiding people they brought from other places"

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virtual visit

Walking the territory is going through the memories of what has happened there. With this virtual visit we propose another way to inhabit it.
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MEMORY
RESOURCES

The individual and community memories that build the Collective Memory emerge more strongly when we use some resources that help us energize them.
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MEMORY
STORIES

The Memory is full of testimonies, of voices of women, of men, of old men and women, and also of boys and girls who remind us of the events that have marked our society and that it is not possible to forget.

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