{"title":"Sites of contestation: kaleidoscopes of memory and the shrouding of Latinx lives in the Interim National Pulse Memorial","authors":"Nicolás Ramos Flores","doi":"10.1057/s41276-024-00461-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Since the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre, a plethora of artistic and commemorative efforts have been erected in Orlando, Florida. While the commemorative sites have brought attention to LGQTB + causes and visibility in the area, they have also obfuscated the presence of queer Latinx lives that were disproportionately affected by the massacre. With twenty-three of the forty-nine victims being Puerto Rican and 90% being Latinx, the presence of Latinx lives in this commemorative wall has brought attention to the simultaneous visibility and invisibility of Latinxs in the Central Florida region. This article examines the Pulse nightclub’s physical and archived artistic productions to create a mosaic commemorative site that breaks spatial and temporal limitations. I develop the concept of kaleidoscopes of memory, or the continual structural and intersectional traumas that define memory for minoritized peoples, to better understand the representational incongruencies in the memorial wall. This article reveals the tensions and contradictions of Latinx belonging in Central Florida that experience continual shrouding in the broader US imagination.</p>","PeriodicalId":45728,"journal":{"name":"Latino Studies","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Latino Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41276-024-00461-7","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SOCIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Since the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre, a plethora of artistic and commemorative efforts have been erected in Orlando, Florida. While the commemorative sites have brought attention to LGQTB + causes and visibility in the area, they have also obfuscated the presence of queer Latinx lives that were disproportionately affected by the massacre. With twenty-three of the forty-nine victims being Puerto Rican and 90% being Latinx, the presence of Latinx lives in this commemorative wall has brought attention to the simultaneous visibility and invisibility of Latinxs in the Central Florida region. This article examines the Pulse nightclub’s physical and archived artistic productions to create a mosaic commemorative site that breaks spatial and temporal limitations. I develop the concept of kaleidoscopes of memory, or the continual structural and intersectional traumas that define memory for minoritized peoples, to better understand the representational incongruencies in the memorial wall. This article reveals the tensions and contradictions of Latinx belonging in Central Florida that experience continual shrouding in the broader US imagination.
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Latino Studies has established itself as the leading, international peer-reviewed journal for advancing interdisciplinary scholarship about the lived experience and struggles of Latinas and Latinos for equality, representation, and social justice. Sustaining the tradition of activist scholarship of the founders of Chicana and Chicano Studies and Puerto Rican Studies, the journal critically engages the study of the local, national, transnational, and hemispheric realities that continue to influence the Latina and Latino presence in the United States. It is committed to developing a new transnational research agenda that bridges the academic and non-academic worlds and fosters mutual learning and collaboration among all the Latino national groups.
Latino Studies provides an intellectual forum for innovative explorations and theorization. We welcome submissions of original research articles of up to 8,000 words, from scholars and practitioners in the national and international research communities.
In addition to scholarly articles, we also invite other type of submissions. Vivencias or ''reports from the field'' are short personal essays between 2000-3000 words that describe and analyze significant local issues, struggles and debates affecting the lives of Latinas/os in different regions of the country. We also welcome interviews with Latinas/os who are contributing in their local communities or nationwide (e.g. authors, artists, community activists, union leaders, etc.). Our aim in publishing the ''reports'' is to inform readers about events that are sometimes over-looked by the national and regional media.The Reflexiones Pedagógicas section includes short essays between 2000-3000 words that address issues of pedagogy and curriculum. This section contributes toward the development and institutionalization of our field in the academy. Páginas Recuperadas are short essays between 2000-3000 words that seek to recover archival documents. These essays make visible, historically significant achievements by individuals, and pivotal events in the experience of Latinas/os in the United States. El Foro is an occasional section that provides a space for essays of approximately 6000 words, addressing current events, in an effort to further engage our readers in a dialogue on the pressing issues affecting Latina/o communities today.Book and media reviews are devoted to scholarship/media on the experience of Latinas/os in the United States. Reviews are no more than 1000 words.
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