La curaduría como metodología de investigación

Abstract

This article examines the heuristic potential of curatorship as a research process through a retrospective analysis of the exhibition The Construction of the Desert. 1878-2021, designed by the Plataforma Horizontal collective, of which we are part (UNRN). Displayed in 2021 at the “Juan Sánchez” Municipal Museum of Fine Arts in General Roca/Fiske Menuco, the exhibition brought together diverse visual materials —artworks, documentary and photographic records— to challenge the narratives of the “Conquest of the Desert”, the 19th- century military occupation of Patagonia that annexed Indigenous territories to the Argentine National State. We propose categorizing the exhibition as site-specific curatorship, as it engages with the sociopolitical tensions of the local context. By revisiting official narratives, we highlight the power of montage as a tool for crafting alternative narratives that amplify dissident voices and memories silenced by History.