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Dossier. Restitutive Archives: Disputes of the Past and Openings for the Future. Violence, Memories, and Archival Practices in Latin America

2026-03-28

This dossier dedicated to "restitutive archives" proposes to open a space for collective, critical, and situated discussion on the disputes surrounding archives in Latin America, considering the temporalities, juxtapositions, and anachronisms that permeate them; the modes of memory and imagination with which they are articulated; the materialities they evoke; and the configurations of sensitivity, affect, and experience that they mobilize.

Guest Editors

Dr. José Antonio Hernandez Curiel (UAM Xochimilco, Mexico)

Dr. Camilo Vicente Ovalle (Director of the Historical Archive of Mexico City - UNAM)

CALL FOR PAPERS OPENS: May 2, 2026
CALL FOR PAPERS CLOSES: August 30, 2026

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Current Issue

Vol. 3 No. 5 (2026): Handicrafts. Sensitive art from the margins
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Guided by the hypothesis that crafts operate and contest their meanings within several simultaneous ontological regimes, and taking into account the debates surrounding the place of crafts in the world of art and design, this dossier is proposed as a space for reflection on crafts, artisans, and artisanal trades. In this issue of the journal Memorias Disidentes, we invite works (articles, poetics, essays, or productions from the fields of art or design) that engage from diverse perspectives and question some of the multiple dimensions of artisanal practice. Reflecting on artisanal practice also implies a political mobilization that seeks to contribute to the recomposition of the dominant order, which is decidedly violent, unequal, and hierarchical. We are interested in considering how artisanal practice, from an "other" position, challenges extractivism, patrimonialization, and commodification, defying the canons of power through silent and everyday manual labor.

Published: 2026-01-31

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