| A BS T R AC T In the aftermath of civil conflict |
| and a truth commission into twenty years |
| of violence (1980-2000), Peru is presently |
| engaged in the difficult task of establishing |
| overarching narratives that provide frameworks |
| for organizing personal and collective memories |
| in the few public spaces available for the |
| discussion of this recent past. This article looks |
| at two public spaces, a series of performative |
| events in Ayacucho during the submission of |
| the truth commission’s Final Report, and Lima’s |
| memorysite, The Eye that Cries. One contentious |
| memory is over who are appropriate victims and |
heroes to remember.
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