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This chapter examines the Memorial del 68, a museum that opened in 2007 and houses a series of interviews/testimonios by those that actively participated in the events of 1968. The Memorial functions as a space of remembrance that embodies the slogan “El 68 no se olvida,” while it simultaneously opens the door to a wider set of arguments in relation to Tlatelolco’s legacy. While the museum portion of the Memorial appears to follow the same discursive line employed by the CNH, the testimonios offer a more complex notion of exactly who can be considered a participant in the events and provides a space through which others can add to, amend, or expand the discourse of 1968.
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Rojo, J.J. (2016). Looking Back After 40 Years: El Memorial del 68 . In: Revisiting the Mexican Student Movement of 1968. Literatures of the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55611-0_6
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