TESTIMONY, ANALYSIS, AND VISUAL STRATEGY OF THE 1968 STUDENTS’ MOVEMENT: RAUL ALVAREZ GARIN’S AND GILBERTO GUEVARA NIEBLA’S CASES.

Abstract

After 40 years, the 1968 students’ movement has generated great historiographic
reflection which includes testimonies, academic and political analysis, movies, and
other cultural products. One of the most productive works s has been the publishing
of chronics, testimony and analysis made by the same leaders of the movement.
These works have been enriched by the publishing of two leaders’ testimonies: Raúl
Álvarez Garín and Gilberto Guevara Niebla. Each one of them has given his version
of the facts. These versions have generated coherent and complex visions which
incorporate their viewpoint to a global reading of the facts. Differences and nuance
are highlighted in this paper. And the most important, a first analysis on how the
two leaders designed their visual strategy to support their reflections is developed.