Nunca Más, CONADEP’s (The National Commission on Disappeared People) report of their findings from their project to document what happened to the disappeared in Argentina from 1976 to 1983, begins with a historical contextualization of how the military junta came to power, by Nick Caistor from the Index on Censorship.

Like any historian of the Dirty War, Caistor begins with the return from exile of Juan Domingo Perón, who returned to Argentina on the 20th of June 1973. His party had just won the election with 62% of the vote, and Hector Cámpara, who had run, stepped aside for Perón to return as president.

From the start there were problems. Peronists gathered at the airport to welcome Perón back to Argentina, but there were two factions that had won Perón the election (both considered themselves Peronists), and they were not ideologically aligned.

On one side were the Montenegro’s, a left-wing revolutionary group. On the other side were the right wing labor bosses. Fighting broke out at the airport, and what seemed to be a celebratory moment ended with 25 dead and many more wounded.

It’s a sadly befitting beginning for the era that would follow.

QOTD: What are you currently studying?

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Pen: TWSBI 580 Iris M
Ink: Colorverse Cat’s Eye Nebula
Paper: Hobinichi Techo Life A6

I think it’s a pretty great pen and ink match. Still drying up in this image.

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An old throwback photo from my Ph.D. days. I like this ink combo. J. Herbin’s Orange Indien and Robert Oster’s Australian Syrah.

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Pen: Sailor Mini
Ink: Vinta Inks Sirena

Something that I really love doing that combines my love of reading and study with my love of stationery, pens, and ink, is copying out striking quotes from novels that I’m reading.

I’ve always done this a little bit for my research, but it really reached a new level of just being something I do to engage with texts in a different way during the pandemic when I decided to read The Tale of Genji.

Writing down lines that stood out to me provided a way to both document my reading experience and also let the style of the translation get into my body in a different way than the purely visual act of reading.

Now I often recommend to people, if they’re looking for a simple step they can take to deepen their reading experience, try marking the passages that stand out to you, whether that’s with sticky tabs, a highlighter, or writing them in a quotes notebook.

Over time you’ll begin to notice themes emerge in what draws your attention. And you get the pleasure of just spending a little extra time with lines that you love.

I think it’s a nice, low pressure way to get a little more studious with what you’re reading while taking away the pressure of trying to identify what is important or what an expert would pay attention to.

QOTD: do you mark up your books or find external ways of tracking the parts that interest you?

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