Becerros de oro: Pensar la desmonumentalización en América Latina.

In connection with the wave of dismantling monuments in America and the magnetism of the figure of Christopher Columbus for the questioning of colonial memory, this text offers a reflection based on key notions of the debate such as heritage, memory, iconoclasm, archive and repertoire. It also questions the influence of our contemporary digital reality on the phenomenon of historical contestation. Given that the materiality of the monument offers different layers of temporality, I argue the possibility of turning the pedestal into a stage for intervention as an optimal strategy for the activation of critical memory, far from reverence or violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]