The stigma of memory in Tumbaya-Jujuy

Abstract

El artículo analiza la construcción de estigmas sociales en la localidad de Tumbaya, provincia de Jujuy; a partir de las experiencias de sus pobladores relacionadas a la persecución política y la represión estatal en el marco de la última dictadura militar argentina.Las nociones de comunista y comunismo articulan las representaciones sociales y colectivas en torno al pasado reciente y ejercen un control sobre el "otro" dentro de la comunidad.

The church where Lavalle was skinned.1 A small town surrounded by mountains. A picturesque cemetery watching over the town from on high, as was the “custom in olden times.”2 A small municipal offi ce next to the only public telephone in town, and the center of public life, the square. In the middle is a fl agpole that fl ies a large Argentine fl ag on special occasions and patriotic holidays. At the base of the fl agpole is a plaque with the words “God, Country, Home. Tumbaya 1979,” an unmistakable sign of the military presence during the 1970s. It might be added that the only plaques in town, in square and church, were placed there by the Argentine Army in 1979.