Comissionismo e a formação de novos empreendedores de memória: uma análise das Comissões Municipais da Verdade de Juiz de Fora e Volta Redonda

Abstract

This research examines the relationships established between the phenomenon of commissionism and the development of memory entrepreneurs of the Brazilian civilmilitary dictatorship in the interior of the country. To this end, the final reports of the Municipal Truth Commissions of Juiz de Fora (MG) and Volta Redonda (RJ) are analyzed, as well as the curricula, research projects, and training of memory entrepreneurs working in the academic world in these locations. The hypothesis is that the unique phenomenon of Brazilian commissionism represented the beginning of a process of ongoing development of memory entrepreneurs within universities. Even with the establishment of a political crisis in the country and the rise of the radical right, the network established by these memory entrepreneurs in partnership with victims, family members, and Memory, Truth, and Justice movements remained constant and active, filing complaints and advancing their demands. The creation of this organized movement enabled the development of actions to memorialize, publicize, and resignify memories of the dictatorship in the public sphere.