Abstract

DIAZ JARAMILLO, José Abelardo. June 8 and the disputes over memory, 1929-1954. Hist. Soc. [online]. 2012, n.22, pp.157-189. ISSN 0121-8417.

This article aims two ideas: On one hand showing how in the period comprehended between 1929 and 1954 Bogota's students recalled the 8th of June, when according to some historical and political proposals was murdered university's student Gonzalo Bravo Pérez. On the other hand, identifying the struggles among different capital's social and political groups as trying to impose a signification on what happened that day of 1929. This allows noticing how the recognition of the 8^th of June took a place for memory to the Bogota's society, who gave it a new signification. From this case study, it demonstrates how historical memory is built and kept in the midst of social and political struggles to be converted into the subject of constant disputes.

Keywords : The 8th of June; students; liberal wings; conservative wings; memory; uses and abuses of memory.

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