Abstract

MORENO BARRENECHE, Sebastián. The Semiotic Value of Archive Photography in the Negotiation of Meaning over Recent Past:. Dixit [online]. 2019, n.30, pp.40-53.  Epub June 01, 2019. ISSN 1688-3497.  https://doi.org/10.22235/d.v0i30.1774.

This work is framed within the discussion of archive photography as a valuable semiotic resource for the negotiation of meaning that a social collective makes of its recent past. Within this framework, this article proposes a semiotic analysis of one of the photographic pieces that are part of Amnesty International Uruguay's campaign on the detenidos-desaparecidos (2012). The analysis suggests that photographs belonging to the private archives of the desaparecidos and their families have a significant role in the process of collective healing, as they contribute to the creation of the collective actor of the 'desaparecidos’ in social discourse. As visual resources framed in a certain context of meaning, archival photographs are worthy of a Semiotic study.

Keywords : archive photography; collective identity; cultural memory; desaparecidos; representation.

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