Meeting of Sites of Memory’s Education Departments in Tucumán
June 2018
The education departments of every Site of Memory in Argentina held a meeting in June 2018 with the purpose of creating a national network. Educational teams from every Site of Memory formed work groups to develop the following lines based on previously sent reports:
- Institutional and Theoretical Framework, Policies of Memory
- Territories of Memory
- Audiences
- Schedules
- Productions
- Training and Profiles of workers in the Education and Pedagogical Department
- A network of departments of Education and Pedagogy on Memory
Al finalizar el encuentro se elaboró un documento disponible para la discusión posterior con los sitios de memoria. Durante el mes de septiembre se realizará un nuevo encuentro en la ciudad de Rosario, Santa Fe.
At the end of the meeting, participants drew a document for future debates between Sites for Memory. A new meeting is scheduled for September in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe.
The Future of Memory. Workshop with Schools
In an event organized together with the Goethe Institute, 160 middle school students visited the Museum and produced a collectively-written manifesto asking themselves: What do we call ‘Never Again’?
As part of the project “The Future of Memory” –an initiative to reflect on and imagine the evolution of memory and dictatorships, violence and armed conflicts of the last decades– the Museum and the Goethe Institute created a training and reflection event for 160 students between the ages of 12 and 15 from the Moreno German Technical School and the Cangallo School.
The seminar started with a guided tour and ended with the reading of the Manifesto created by the students. These activities took place at the House for Identity of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo. Final words were delivered by philosopher Darío Sztajnszrajber. Attendees included Luisa Wettengel from the Elisabeth Käsemann Stiftung Foundation.
First National Meeting “Human Rights and Higher Education”
Organized by the University Network for Human Rights of the Inter-University National Board and the Autonomous University of Entre Ríos on September 12–14, 2018 in Paraná, Entre Ríos.
The presentation “Educational Departments at the Sites of Memory: Talking About Horror in Order to Strengthen Nunca Más”, was held by the Education Department of the Museum. At the request of the University Network, the education department’s team and the tour guides participated in the meeting by presenting «Spaces and Sites of Memory: Tours for Active Dialogues on Recent History. Assessment, Problems, Dilemmas and Debates».
