Historical revisionism on architecture, at the interstice of the 20th and 21st centuries: vindication, rescue or denial of memory

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  • Wiliam García-Ramirez Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22320/07196466.2021.39.059.01

Keywords:

Historical revisionism, architecture critique, demolition, history of architecture, memory

Abstract

Historical revisionism, a phenomenon typical of social and political sciences, has been consolidated at the start of the 21st century as one of the paradigmatic strategies in architecture, with the purpose of rewriting -or erasing- historical memories of the city. In this context, the objective of the research presented here was to investigate the relationship between different convergent social and political situations on the issue of memory and the demolition/construction of architectures, as a strategy to question events from the past and the official narratives. As this is a historiographic research, the methodology used a cross analysis between the discourses on which several socio-political issues around memory, that occurred in different countries, have been based, and the architectural projects built or demolished because of these issues. The conclusions, insofar as a research contribution, allowed detecting three lines of historical revisionism in architecture, starting from its use -and abuse- regarding the historiography of the facts: vindication, rescue, and denial of memory.

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Author Biography

Wiliam García-Ramirez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

Profesor, Investigador Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño

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2021-07-05

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García-Ramirez, W. (2021). Historical revisionism on architecture, at the interstice of the 20th and 21st centuries: vindication, rescue or denial of memory. ARQUITECTURAS DEL SUR, 39(59), 06–27. https://doi.org/10.22320/07196466.2021.39.059.01

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V.39, N.59 (January 2021): NEW PARADIGMS, NEW ARCHITECTURE?

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