Hello, I think this is an excellent analysis of the graffiti in Cordoba, and I like how you compared how 9/11 is viewed by the youth in the U.S. to how Argentinian youth views the “dirty war.” This makes me question whether Argentinian youth view the period with less significance because of how much further it was. I understand the 9/11 comparison because while I know it created such a change in the U.S., I’ve never experienced the country pre-9/11.
Mia,
I know we both discussed our interest in the graffiti, and I wrote at length in my final paper about the disconnect that the youth have with the events of the dictatorship. Something that struck me was that graffiti by it’s nature is an act of defiance, but (and we may not have witnessed it because it was cleaned off), I did not notice graffiti on any of the churches, who were known to be complicit in the Human Rights violations. Perhaps it is another case of lack of knowledge of the events.
Hello, I think this is an excellent analysis of the graffiti in Cordoba, and I like how you compared how 9/11 is viewed by the youth in the U.S. to how Argentinian youth views the “dirty war.” This makes me question whether Argentinian youth view the period with less significance because of how much further it was. I understand the 9/11 comparison because while I know it created such a change in the U.S., I’ve never experienced the country pre-9/11.
Mia,
I know we both discussed our interest in the graffiti, and I wrote at length in my final paper about the disconnect that the youth have with the events of the dictatorship. Something that struck me was that graffiti by it’s nature is an act of defiance, but (and we may not have witnessed it because it was cleaned off), I did not notice graffiti on any of the churches, who were known to be complicit in the Human Rights violations. Perhaps it is another case of lack of knowledge of the events.