The impact of telenovelas & series on our memories - the Colombian Palace of Justice

Series and telenovelas can shape our understanding of the past - on a national and international level. The video “The impact of telenovelas & series on our memories - the Colombian Palace of Justice” (subtitles available in English, German and Spanish) shows how and in what way this is being researched by the GUMELAB project. Using a concrete historical example, such as the Palace of Justice siege and its counterattack on 6 and 7 November 1985 in Bogotá, Colombia and the representations in series such as "Narcos" (Netflix, 2015-2017), "Pablo Escobar, el patrón del mal" (Caracol, 2012) and "El General Naranajo" (Fox Telecolombia, 2019-2020), the video shows how the GUMELAB project approaches the research question and what role the individual narratives play in this. Soon there will be more information on this research in Hannah Müssemann's article "Aquel Palacio en Llamas" -Licencias narrativas para explicar lo inexplicable. La representación de la Toma y la Retoma del Palacio de Justicia en telenovelas y series sobre la historia colombiana", published in the book "Latin America's Contested Pasts in Telenovelas. History as Fuel for Entertainment", edited by Mónika Contreras Saiz and Stefan Rinke. Berlin: de Gruyter. (forthcoming, 2024).