Community(ies) of care as resistance to genocidal violence in Argentina

Abstract

The stories of the memories lived during the military genocide in Argentina between 1976 and 1983, and its preparatory years between 1973 and 1976 show us the deep traces that state violence left imprinted on bodies and territories throughout the length and breadth of our country, as part of a continental genocidal plan. In this sense, the province of La Rioja was not exempt from this violence. We propose here that the violence deployed during the last dictatorial regime can be traced today as a continuity in the territories in conflict with governments and extractive companies, as in the case of La Rioja. The objectives of this text are to highlight the memories-testimonies of those who experienced genocidal violence in their own flesh and places of life and how they were able to build and continue sustaining community(ies) of care. The proposed approach is from an anti-extractivist feminist ethnography that puts into play my double ascription, as an assembly member and researcher, generating an intergenerational dialogue within the framework of Recent Argentine History.