Open research questions in Memory, violence, and history
85 gap statements mined from Memory, violence, and history papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 1,216 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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What the literature leaves open
Future research could further analyze the PRN's institutions. Future research could compare the PRN to other authoritarian regimes.
Una dictadura sin dictadores. Repensando el PRN (1976-83) a partir del libro de A. Bonvecchi y E. Simison, ¿Cómo gobernó la dictadura? (Buenos Aires: Edhasa, 2026) · 2026 · DOIThe paper seeks to address this gap by commenting on the book by Bonvecchi and Simison.
Una dictadura sin dictadores. Repensando el PRN (1976-83) a partir del libro de A. Bonvecchi y E. Simison, ¿Cómo gobernó la dictadura? (Buenos Aires: Edhasa, 2026) · 2026 · DOIThe paper suggests future research directions in the analysis of administrative documents. The study recommends further investigation into the use of eufemisms and bureaucratic routines to encubrir repressive activities.
The study reveals the need for a deeper analysis of the administrative documents.
Future research could explore the development of local justice processes. Further study could examine the impact of international legislation on the recognition of gender-based violence.
“Ocuparon el pueblo”: operativos militares zonales en el proceso de justicia por delitos de lesa humanidad de Bahía Blanca · 2026 · DOIThe paper also highlights the need for recognition of gender-based violence.
“Ocuparon el pueblo”: operativos militares zonales en el proceso de justicia por delitos de lesa humanidad de Bahía Blanca · 2026 · DOIThe paper does not provide a comprehensive analysis of all the Museos de la Subversion. The study is limited to the analysis of a specific museum and object.
The study highlights the need for further research on the epistemology of the researched object.
The paper identifies a gap in the study of social memory in Argentina and Chile, highlighting the need for a regional perspective. The authors note that prior studies have focused on the national level, neglecting the importance of local contexts and experiences.
The study is limited to the specific context of the Provincial Memory Archive of Córdoba. The authors acknowledge the diversity of documentation in the archive and the need to consider the conditions of accessibility.
Future research could examine the long-term consequences of state terrorism. Future research could also examine the role of other factors in shaping the country's collective memory.
The study highlights the need to address silences and institutional practices in the construction of collective memory. The text discusses the importance of incorporating marcos teóricos and diálogos transdisciplinarios in the field of anthropological studies on memory.
Future research could explore the implications of the 'Magistrates' trial for transitional justice processes in other contexts. Future research could analyze the role of the judiciary in other dictatorships and its implications for transitional justice processes.
The paper highlights the need to analyze the local forms of action of the judiciary during dictatorships.
Further research could explore the experiences of other key figures involved in the trial. Research could also examine the impact of the trial on Argentine society and politics.
The paper highlights the need for further research on the experiences of key figures involved in the trial.
Future research could further analyze the development of the tensions and disagreements that contributed to the pervasiveness of such meanings. The study suggests that further research could examine the impact of the far-right government's discourse on the public debate and the promotion of 'memory, truth and justice'.
¿Un círculo plano? Recurrencias y diferencias en los sentidos sobre la última dictadura ante el ascenso de la derecha radical en Argentina · 2026 · DOIIt highlights the need for further research on the impact of these phenomena on digital platforms and the spread of misinformation.
Future research can study the long-term impact of Peronism on Colombia. Future research can analyze the influence of Peronism on other countries in the region.
The paper highlights the need for a comparative analysis of different regions and industries.
La clase obrera en dictadura a 50 años del golpe de Estado. Hacia un balance historiográfico en torno a su accionar y organización en los sitios de trabajo. · 2026 · DOIThe lack of critical journalism in exposing the structural roots of environmental vulnerability. The need to develop more effective climate communication strategies.
CHALLENGES OF NEOLIBERALISM IN ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY: PERSPECTIVES FROM ARGENTINE JOURNALISM · 2026 · DOIThe study notes that the prevailing meanings of terms referring to the dictatorial past have been challenged by the libertarian discursive formation.
¿Un círculo plano? Recurrencias y diferencias en los sentidos sobre la última dictadura ante el ascenso de la derecha radical en Argentina · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the understanding of how documents and archives enable various uses and questions. The authors highlight the importance of considering the conditions of accessibility and the diversity of documentation in the archive.
The paper identifies a gap in understanding the consequences of state terrorism. The paper also identifies a gap in understanding the role of the human rights movement in shaping the country's collective memory.
The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the impact of Peronism on Colombia. The paper aims to fill this gap by analyzing the reasons and motives of the tremendous impact of the event in Colombia.
Most-cited papers in Memory, violence, and history
- The Problem of Speaking for Others · Cultural Critique · 1991 · 985 citations
- The Consequences of Victimization on Political Identities · Politics & Society · 2011 · 227 citations
- From Above and Below · Comparative Political Studies · 1993 · 182 citations
- The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy: A Transactions Approach with Application to Argentina · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 2003 · 132 citations
- Spectacles of Modernity: Transnational Imagination and Local Hegemonies in Neoliberal Buenos Aires · Cultural Anthropology · 2002 · 123 citations
- The Dialectics of Repression: The Los Angeles Police Department and the Chicano Movement, 1968-1971 · Journal of American History · 1993 · 105 citations
- Political Decentralization and Electoral Accountability: The Argentine Experience, 1983–2001 · British Journal of Political Science · 2005 · 97 citations
- Public Memorialization in Perspective: Truth, Justice and Memory of Past Repression in the Southern Cone of South America · International Journal of Transitional Justice · 2007 · 84 citations
- Challenging the bioeconomy: The dynamics of collective action in Argentina · Technology in Society · 2013 · 79 citations
- From Pariah State to Global Protagonist: Argentina and the Struggle for International Human Rights · Latin American Politics and Society · 2008 · 78 citations
Most recent work
- La memoria de la dictadura argentina a través de Dos veces junio de Martín Kohan · OpenEdition (OpenEdition) · 2026
- Francesca Lessa, Los juicios del cóndor La coordinación represiva y los crímenes de lesa humanidad en América del Sur (Taurus, Montevideo and Yale University Press, New Haven CT, 2022), pp. 472, ISBN 978-9915673-103 - Francesca Lessa, The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America (Yale University Press, 2022), pp. xvi + 375, ISBN 978-0-300-25409-9 · Journal of Latin American Studies · 2026
- Una dictadura sin dictadores. Repensando el PRN (1976-83) a partir del libro de A. Bonvecchi y E. Simison, ¿Cómo gobernó la dictadura? (Buenos Aires: Edhasa, 2026) · REVISTA SAAP · 2026
- Political polarisation and denialism: Disputes over memory in times of the far right in Argentina · Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies · 2026
- Las huellas de conflictos en documentos administrativos · RUNA archivo para las ciencias del hombre · 2026
- De batallas culturales y memorias completas. · RUNA archivo para las ciencias del hombre · 2026
- “Ocuparon el pueblo”: operativos militares zonales en el proceso de justicia por delitos de lesa humanidad de Bahía Blanca · RUNA archivo para las ciencias del hombre · 2026
- La bolsa de mano de Susana B · RUNA archivo para las ciencias del hombre · 2026
- Formaciones sociales de memoria posdictadura en el sur de Argentina y Chile · RUNA archivo para las ciencias del hombre · 2026
- El archivo como territorio de identidad · RUNA archivo para las ciencias del hombre · 2026
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