Publicación: El retorno de los objetos: historia, cultura material y acontecimientos políticos traumáticos
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2024-09-03
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Universidad de Valencia
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Desde principios de este siglo se han publicado numerosos libros o monografías en revistas académicas que abordan el estudio del pasado a partir de los objetos, un campo de trabajo que cuenta con una excelente salud editorial. La historia a través de los objetos, que apela a las disciplinas académicas volcadas en la cultura material, se ha revelado como una eficaz herramienta para la investigación histórica, para su divulgación, así como para el desempeño de las políticas de memoria. Aunque muestra tanta diversidad como posibles temas para abordar existan, es especialmente útil en la aproximación a los acontecimientos políticos traumáticos. El primer apartado de este artículo intenta comprender las razones que explican la eclosión de los objetos en el imaginario de los historiadores. El segundo aborda someramente cómo los especialistas en la cultura material explicaron en las últimas décadas del siglo pasado la compleja naturaleza de los objetos y nuestra relación con ellos. El tercero trata sobre el potencial de los objetos para ayudar a comprender, representar o explicar la violencia política traumática. El texto acaba con una coda final que repasa varias de las cuestiones que han ido surgiendo a lo largo de sus páginas y añade alguna última reflexión al respecto.
Since the beginning of this century, numerous books or monographs have been published in academic journals that deal with the study of the past through objects, a field of work that is in excellent editorial health. These proposals have proved remarkably effective for historical research, for its dissemina-tion, as well as for the performance of memory policies. Althou-gh they show as much diversity as there are possible subjects to deal with, they are especially useful in the approach to trau-matic political events. The first section of this article attempts to understand the reasons behind the emergence of objects in the historians’ imagination. The second deals with their pre-sence in traumatic historical events and their potential to help understand, represent or explain these episodes. The third deals with the singularity acquired by objects marked by traumatic political events and the emotional charge that permeates them, especially because of their link to the victims, and reflects on how this emotional charge contributes to making these objects repositories of memory. The article concludes with a final coda that reviews the content of the text and explores the conflicts that can arise in relation to the issues discussed, such as the ris-ks of trivialization or fetishism and the difficult balance between the documentary value and the emotional potential of objects linked to traumatic political events.
Since the beginning of this century, numerous books or monographs have been published in academic journals that deal with the study of the past through objects, a field of work that is in excellent editorial health. These proposals have proved remarkably effective for historical research, for its dissemina-tion, as well as for the performance of memory policies. Althou-gh they show as much diversity as there are possible subjects to deal with, they are especially useful in the approach to trau-matic political events. The first section of this article attempts to understand the reasons behind the emergence of objects in the historians’ imagination. The second deals with their pre-sence in traumatic historical events and their potential to help understand, represent or explain these episodes. The third deals with the singularity acquired by objects marked by traumatic political events and the emotional charge that permeates them, especially because of their link to the victims, and reflects on how this emotional charge contributes to making these objects repositories of memory. The article concludes with a final coda that reviews the content of the text and explores the conflicts that can arise in relation to the issues discussed, such as the ris-ks of trivialization or fetishism and the difficult balance between the documentary value and the emotional potential of objects linked to traumatic political events.
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La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “Kamchatka: Revista de análisis cultural, 23 (2024), 453-486", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Universidad de Valencia, https://doi.org/10.7203/KAM.23.26524
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objetos, artefactos, cultura material, historia, arqueología, museología, antropología, violencia política, acontecimientos históricos traumáticos, Objects, Artefacts, Material Culture, History, Archaeology, Museology, Anthropology, Political Violence, Traumatic Historical Events
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Martorell Linares, Miguel. 2024. “El retorno de los objetos: historia, cultura material y acontecimientos políticos traumáticos”, Kamchatka, 23: 453-486 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7203/KAM.23.26524
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Facultades y escuelas::Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología
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Historia Social y del Pensamiento Político