“De lugares y objetos”. La visibilización del pasado afro en el norte de Argentina caso de estudio:

la ciudad colonial de San Miguel de Tucumán

Abstract

The presence of enslaved African people in the South American nation of Argentina continues to be a continually evolving topic of discussion. Denied, silenced, and in the best of cases, minimized within official national discourse regarding Argentine history, these people´s stories have even become excluded from the collective memory and worldview of the majority of Argentines. In this particular case we present developments in current research on the subject, carried out within the context of the Master´s Program in Social Memory and Cultural Heritage. This specific case reflects on how certain spaces, places, and document archives pertaining to slavery, once they are recognized as forming part of the historical heritage of Afro-Argentines, act as tools to achieve visibility and recognition of a silenced past. The study takes place within the context of the colonial city of San Miguel de Tucumán in the northern Argentine province of Tucumán.