Resistance to Political Violence in Latin America Documenting Atroci

This book analyzes state terror documentation as a form of peaceful resistance to oppressive regimes through substantial research in human rights archives that registered violations perpetrated by Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile. The contributors

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Resistance to Political Violence in Latin America

Oriana Bernasconi Editor

Resistance to Political Violence in Latin America Documenting Atrocity

Editor Oriana Bernasconi Departamento de Sociología Alberto Hurtado University Santiago, Chile

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Acknowledgements

This book is the product of three years of interinstitutional, interdisciplinary, and transnational collaborative work. It has come to fruition thanks to the involvement of social actors, human rights activists, researchers, post-graduate students, governmental entities, civil society organisations, and universities. On behalf of the authors, I wish to thank the sponsorship of the Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile), the Latin American Centre at University of Oxford (UK), and the Fundación de Documentación y Archivo de la Vicaría de la Solidaridad—FUNVISOL (Documentation and Archival Foundation of the Vicaría de la Solidaridad, Chile), as well as joint funding from the Newton Fund and the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research of the government of Chile. The research team also received much appreciated support from the Fundación para la Protección de la Infancia Dañada por los Estados de Emergencia—PIDEE (Foundation for the Protection of Childhood Harmed by States of Emergency); Fundación de Ayuda Social de las Iglesias Cristianas—FASIC (Christian Churches Social Assistance Foundation); Corpor