Cuerpos y resistencias: El Movimiento Contra la Tortura Sebastián Acevedo en Chile

Adriana Espinoza

doi:10.5565/rev/athenea.1596

Bodies and resistances: The Movement Against Torture Sebastián Acevedo in Chile

Authors

Adriana Espinoza Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Chile

Abstract

This work is based on the results of an investigation into the meanings of non-violent resistance practices by members of the Movement Against Torture Sebastian Acevedo. The main objective of this qualitative research is to investigate the process through which people developed non-violent bodily responses to confront the institutionalized violence of the repressive apparatus during the military dictatorship. The material I present in this article focuses primarily on the process of construction of both individual and collective meanings and in particular the embodied experience of the participants during these practices of resistance.

Keywords

Resistance Practices, Fear Policies, Dictatorship, Chile

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Author Biography

Adriana Espinoza, Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Chile

ADRIANA E. ESPINOZA: Ph.D., es profesora asistente en el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Chile. Enseña cursos de metodología cualitativa de postgrado. Sus intereses investigativos incluyen transmisión transgeneracional del trauma, procesos de memoria colectiva y trauma psicosocial en contextos de violencia política y desastres naturales.