Abstract

SANTAMARIA, Rosana. From personal to collective. Demands of justice of the Civil Association Mothers of Pain the City of Buenos Aires. Trab. soc. [online]. 2019, n.32, pp.343-357. ISSN 1514-6871.

Since the restoration of democracy in 1983 and with greater force in the last two decades, the word impunity has become of current use in Argentina to designate crimes that have not been duly tried and eventually punished by the corresponding judicial instances. From civil society,

Magíster en Antropología Social (UNSAM/IDES). Docente de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, cátedra Análisis de la sociedad argentina. Correo: rsantamaria@arnet.com.ar this situation led to the emergence of various associations of relatives of victims of violent acts, who, through different practices of collective action, installed in the public space their criticisms and protests for what they considered bad developments of institutions formally charged with preserving public safety and providing justice. These are associations that develop their actions in a general context in which legitimacy and trust in public institutions is strongly questioned, a situation that has probably favored and stimulated their initiatives and recognition in the public space. In this text, our object of analysis is the conformation and dynamics of the Civil Association Mothers of Pain of the City of Buenos Aires, placing in the focus of attention the process by which the individual search for justice was transformed into organically organized collective actions.

Keywords : Mothers of Pain Association - collective action - legal system.

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