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Trauma is in the Response: Towards a Post-Causal Perspective in the Definition of Psychological Trauma (in Spanish)

Revista de Humanidades de Valparaíso

The concept of psychological trauma is polysemic and remains a subject of debate among academics and researchers. In this article, I argue that this view is inadequate as it fails to sufficiently explain significant trauma-related effects that present anomalies for the causal position. I defend two claims. First, that in defining psychological trauma, we must move beyond the need for a strong causal relationship dependent on the traumatic event (TE) and shift towards a weak causal perspective. Second...

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Memory and Perception in the Autobiographical Interview: An Episodic Simulation Adapting in Real Time to Context (in Spanish)

Estud.filos  no.64 Medellín July/Dec. 2021  Epub Sep 22, 2021

Perception and memory are usually considered independent capacities, with the belief that perception only influences memory during encoding. However, in autobiographical interviews focused on oral history and historical memory, interviewees select, adapt, and complete their memories to create different versions of them. This article argues that this dynamic is a consequence of the simulative nature of episodic memory and the interviewees' use of perceptual information to construct and adjust their memories to an autobiographical discourse, aiming to fulfil a communicative purpose...

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The Ideological Impact of the French School on the Argentine Army (in Spanish)

In Argentina, there was a powerful French influence that profoundly altered the military tactics and ideology of the Army between 1957 and 1963. These foreign theories, imported to the Southern Cone, originated from lessons learned by the French Army during the wars in Algeria and Indochina. Based on these experiences, French officers developed combat techniques to counter the then-novel 'guerrilla warfare' of rebel groups, which were later taught to Argentine military personnel...

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Mestizaje at Tepeyac and the Discursive Construction of a Hierophany at the Beginning of the Postcolonial Awakening (in Spanish)

Espaço E Cultura, n. 34 (2013) Julho-Dezembro

This article analyses the phenomenon of cultural mestizaje surrounding the creation of the Virgin of Guadalupe. It suggests that the reinterpretation of the Tepeyac Hill, where Tonantzin was originally worshipped, constitutes an event of meaning-making within the context of mestizaje. This process incorporates the discursive construction of the hierophany around three elements: the sacred object, the place of worship, and the ritual of adoration...

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Creator of Worlds: The Performative Effect of Language in Autobiographical Narration and the Re-signification of Identity. (in Spanish)

Memorias desde el sur. Reflexiones y propuestas de jóvenes investigadores sobre procesos de memoria en Colombia y Argentina 

This text reflects on the biographical interview as a source for the work of memory construction and oral history, as well as its product, the narrative. The role of language in the shaping of narrative identity is analysed, arguing that in autobiographical narration, not only is an identity discourse communicated, but it is also created during the event. The narrative contains elements that make it partially fictional and contribute to the construction of meaning in memory and historical consciousness.

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