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The Event and the Public Space.The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
The Event and the Public Space.The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

Author(s): Emilia Bondrea, Maria Duda
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: public space; event; altering/adding significance; case study: the mothers of the plaza de mayo

Summary/Abstract: Within this article we intend to approach the relationship between event and public space, with a particular interest in the following aspects: the eventperceived as significant symbol inside a public space, the event that brings about a “before” and an “after” of the public space, the event that affects public space giving it a name, an identity. Case study: the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Public Place: Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Significance of the public space prior to event: plaza of representation for the Government building, with a pyramid remembering the events of the May Revolution leading to Argentina’s gain of independence in 1816. The actors of the event: the mothers of the disappeared. The event unfolded over a period of several years, starting with individual claims of news of their children by the mothers of the disappeared.

  • Issue Year: 4/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 423-428
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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