Artificial Intelligence, Visual Culture, and Reconfiguration of Historical memory

The Palace of Justice Case (1985)

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https://doi.org/10.62701/revsocial.v14.5559

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Artificial Intelligence, Visual Culture, Historical Memory, Post-truth, Ethics

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This article examines the reconfiguration of historical memory surrounding the 1985–2025 Palace of Justice siege and retaking through the circulation of images restored or generated by artificial intelligence. Drawing on visual culture, narrative research, and information ethics, it explores how these visualities challenge notions of truth, authenticity, and historical documentation. Based on interviews with journalists, historians, and witnesses, the study introduces the concept of synthetic memory as an ambivalent mediation that does not replace historical memory but reshapes it, shifting remembrance toward visual plausibility and emotional impact.

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10-11-2026

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Chaparro Medina, M. C. (2026). Artificial Intelligence, Visual Culture, and Reconfiguration of Historical memory: The Palace of Justice Case (1985) . SOCIAL REVIEW. International Social Sciences Review Revista Internacional De Ciencias Sociales, 14(2), 109–120. https://doi.org/10.62701/revsocial.v14.5559

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2026)

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