Networks and Spatial Dimensions in the mobilization for Human Rights in Argentina

Abstract

The fights in defense of human rights in Argentina, developed towards 1974-1983 opposite to the terror of State and was then re-defined as claim of memory, truth and justice. These movements were developed by individual and collective agents of a varied nature both inside and outside of the national State. This paper presents considerations in favour of the study of different spatial levels to overcome the mere description of the networks of mobilization. An integral explanation of these fights must not only consider the variety of agencies and intervening agents and taking into account the local differences in comparison with the city of Buenos Aires, but must also try to articulate a theoretical and conceptual way of understanding that facilitates a narrative that is both explanatory and extensive.