González de Oleaga, Marisa N.Di Liscia, María SilviaRicciardo, Carmen2025-07-212025-07-212023-04-21de Oleaga, MG, Di Liscia, MS, & Del Carmen Ricchiardo, M. (2023). Militancia, dictadura y sitios de representación en el Río de la Plata: Museo de la Memoria y Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 29 (6), 493–504. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2023.22018191470-3610https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2023.2201819https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/29618The registered version of this article, first published in “International Journal of Heritage Studies, 29 (6), 2023", is available online at the publisher's website: Routledge https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2023.2201819 La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “International Journal of Heritage Studies, 29 (6), 2023", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Routledge https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2023.2201819Though they deal with a similar time period and share similar aims, Museo de la Memoria in Montevideo and what was formerly Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (the Naval Mechanics School, or ESMA) in Buenos Aires present contrasting depictions of dictatorship, social mobilization, repression, and the return to democracy in the Southern Cone. The planning for both sites took place in the 21st century, drawing on new and more progressive political proposals with a focus on the issues associated with recovering memory. A comparative analysis of the sites, then, seems timely. The differences in the two sites are related to not only the exhibits themselves but to the role of government-sponsored memories, state agencies, and other social groups. There are similarities between the exhibits at MUME and the former ESMA, both of which gloss over the violence exercised by those who fought against the regime. At the same time, some degree of political indoctrination can be seen in the curatorial representation of this conflictive period at both institutions.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess5906.06 Conflictos socialesartículomuseumsmemory ArgentinaUruguaytraumarepresentations