Counter-Pedagogies of Forgetting: A Gathering on Image, Archive, and Literature in the Face of Enforced Disappearance (Peru, 1980–2000)
Urpi Collective invites universities, cultural spaces, and community organizations to partner with us on Counter-Pedagogies of Forgetting, an itinerant gathering that creates public conversations about memory and justice in relation to the political violence Peru experienced between the 1980s and 2000s. Through documentary film, literature, photography, and dialogue, this itinerant gathering invites Peruvian students abroad and the broader public to engage in critical reflection. It also underscores the urgency of continuing the search for the disappeared and of listening closely to the traces violence has left in Peruvian society. What the program includes
Host sites may present one or more of the following components:
Documentary screenings and conversation with guests
Talks and literary readings on memory, violence, and justice
Photography exhibition with guided dialogue spaces for the public
Invited guests
Our invited guests bring extensive experience in memory work, human rights, and cultural production:
Luis Cintora, Documentary filmmaker specializing in human rights and social memory, with experience developing audiovisual projects in Peru and other international contexts.
Karina Pacheco Medrano, Peruvian writer, anthropologist, and editor whose work explores memory, violence, and everyday life in the Andes and the Amazon.
Edson Percy Rojas Quispe, Historian and forensic photographer with EPAF, contributing to documentation, training, and forensic memory work connected to transitional justice and the search for missing persons.
Gisela Ortiz, Leading Peruvian human rights activist and Director of Operations at the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF), with decades of work alongside families searching for the disappeared.
Organizing team
This Event is coordinated by
Mara Uriol Garate, PhD Candidate at the University of California, Davis
Gabriela Cruz, PhD Student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Brian Cruz, PhD Candidate at the University of California, Berkeley
Gisela Ortiz, Director of Operations at the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF)
Sponsors:
University of California, Davis
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Human Rights - Minor
Hemispheric Institute of the Americas - HIA
San Francisco State University
University of California, Berkeley
Radio Harawi
Urpi Collective Non-Profit Organization
Equipo Peruano de Antropología Forense - EPAF