The future of memory

Museums, Exhibitions, and Memories of Violence in Colombia: Trying to Remember, Jimena Perry, 2023, Routledge

Discussions of memory self-evidently look to the past in order to understand how societies come to terms in the present with trauma as they seek to heal the wounds of conflict.

It is a theme that makes Latin America a critically important focus . . .

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Categories: Colombia, South America

Gavin O'Toole

I've spent much of my career in journalism and newspaper production: worked as a sub-editor and in other production roles at major UK newspapers including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Observer and the Daily Telegraph / Sunday Telegraph. Covering business, finance, regulation, Latin American affairs and more. As a journalist and freelance writer I've contributed to many publications: work appears in outlets such as Al Jazeera, Public Finance, Global Government Forum, among others. Also an an award-winning writer of short stories and novelist. 

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