What the Past Will Be: Curating Memory in Peru’s Yuyanapaq: Para Recordar

This article analyzes the photographic exhibit Yuyanapaq : Para Recordar , which was a product of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It focuses specifically on the curatorial process and political desires shaping Yuyanapaq , and it examines the ways in which photographs were intended to intervene in and script a national consciousness and shared memory during and after Peru’s transition process. Exploring across the three iterations of Yuyanapaq , I ask how we might attempt to bear witness to past conflict without inadvertently perpetuating its logic.