Johan Gordillo-García
Biographic Data
| ID | 762287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johan Gordillo-García |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johan |
| FAMILY NAME | Gordillo-García |
| SIGNATURE | GORDILLO-GARCÍA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9752-2021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social movements and political-emotional communities
How are social ties formed in the contentious campaigns led by relatives of victims of criminal and political violence? Drawing on the work of Latin American social anthropologists such as Myriam Jimeno, Morna Macleod and Natalia De Marinis, I argue that the contentious campaigns of a victim-led social movement provide the physical and symbolic spaces where the participants form a political-emotional community by sharing testimonios (testimonial …
Demanding deliberative accountability in populist times
Human rights violations test governments’ commitment to truth and justice. We argue that elected governments must be deliberatively accountable for how they address human rights violations. Governments are deliberatively accountable to the extent to which they engage in practices of recognition, reciprocity, and public justification that serve the purpose of truth and justice. We analyze how the social movement representing the families of the 43…
Compound players and emotional arenas
After the Mexican ex-president Felipe Calderón declared a ‘war’ against criminal organisations, the number of murders and people reported as disappeared increased steadily in the country. However, the authorities constantly ensured that these crimes occurred exclusively among criminals. This narrative was fractured when, after the murder of his son in 2011, the poet Javier Sicilia started leading the protests of activists, relatives of victims an…
Framing, Counterframing, and Discursive Fields in the Mobilizations Against Criminal Violence in Mexico
In social movements literature, frame analyses have focused mainly on the strategic discourse of mobilized groups, a smaller proportion has discussed official frames, a minimal share has studied the dynamics of framing and counterframing, and barely a few studies have analyzed the development of discursive fields. This article broadens and deepens our understanding of discursive fields through a longitudinal analysis of four episodes of mobilizat…
Dinámicas de reclutamiento
El gobierno de Felipe Calderón en México es reconocido por la crisis de violencia que desató la “guerra” contra el crimen organizado y por la sistemática criminalización de las víctimas. Encabezado por el poeta Javier Sicilia, padre de un joven asesinado, en 2011 comenzó a articularse el Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD), un actor colectivo de trascendencia nacional e internacional que enfrentó el discurso oficial para exigir d…
Such a Radical Essence
In 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderón started a “war” against criminal groups that led to the murder and disappearance of hundreds of thousands of people. In response, the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity was formed by the victims’ relatives and allied activists in 2011, giving rise to various forms of political contention to demand justice and halt the so-called war. I analyze the biographical outcomes of this type of involvement…
Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad
Tras dos años de constantes movilizaciones para oponerse a la violencia ocasionada por la "guerra" contra el crimen en México, el Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD) redujo la frecuencia y la intensidad de sus acciones y, por lo tanto, su relevancia pública se diluyó. No obstante, mediante mecanismos de difusión relacional, el mpjd impactó en la organización de nuevos grupos liderados por familiares de personas desaparecidas, así…
Resonant Frames, but Failed Alliances
How did a local protest motivated by the murder of a poet’s son grow into a national social movement? In this article, I examine the role of framing in the upward scale shift of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), a contentious actor that brought together victims of the Mexican war on crime, activists, and organizations to protest against violence. Following recent work on frame analysis, I analyze the different and contrastin…
Lenguaje de derechos y apertura de oportunidades legales para el cambio social
Este trabajo aporta evidencia empírica a la creciente literatura enfocada en la movilización legal, primero, mediante el análisis del uso del lenguaje de derechos para enmarcar demandas colectivas y, segundo, con una discusión sobre los resultados de los movimientos sociales relacionados específicamente con los marcos legales. Para hacerlo, estudio el caso del Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD), actor colectivo que consiguió la …
Lenguaje de derechos y apertura de oportunidades legales para el cambio social
Este trabajo aporta evidencia empírica a la creciente literatura enfocada en la movilización legal, primero, mediante el análisis del uso del lenguaje de derechos para enmarcar demandas colectivas y, segundo, con una discusión sobre los resultados de los movimientos sociales relacionados específicamente con los marcos legales. Para hacerlo, estudio el caso del Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD), actor colectivo que consiguió la …
Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad
Tras dos años de constantes movilizaciones para oponerse a la violencia ocasionada por la "guerra" contra el crimen en México, el Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD) redujo la frecuencia y la intensidad de sus acciones y, por lo tanto, su relevancia pública se diluyó. No obstante, mediante mecanismos de difusión relacional, el mpjd impactó en la organización de nuevos grupos liderados por familiares de personas desaparecidas, así…
Resonant Frames, but Failed Alliances
How did a local protest motivated by the murder of a poet’s son grow into a national social movement? In this article, I examine the role of framing in the upward scale shift of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), a contentious actor that brought together victims of the Mexican war on crime, activists, and organizations to protest against violence. Following recent work on frame analysis, I analyze the different and contrastin…
Dinámicas de reclutamiento
El gobierno de Felipe Calderón en México es reconocido por la crisis de violencia que desató la “guerra” contra el crimen organizado y por la sistemática criminalización de las víctimas. Encabezado por el poeta Javier Sicilia, padre de un joven asesinado, en 2011 comenzó a articularse el Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD), un actor colectivo de trascendencia nacional e internacional que enfrentó el discurso oficial para exigir d…
Lenguaje de derechos y apertura de oportunidades legales para el cambio social
Este trabajo aporta evidencia empírica a la creciente literatura enfocada en la movilización legal, primero, mediante el análisis del uso del lenguaje de derechos para enmarcar demandas colectivas y, segundo, con una discusión sobre los resultados de los movimientos sociales relacionados específicamente con los marcos legales. Para hacerlo, estudio el caso del Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD), actor colectivo que consiguió la …
Resonant Frames, but Failed Alliances
How did a local protest motivated by the murder of a poet’s son grow into a national social movement? In this article, I examine the role of framing in the upward scale shift of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), a contentious actor that brought together victims of the Mexican war on crime, activists, and organizations to protest against violence. Following recent work on frame analysis, I analyze the different and contrastin…
Dinámicas de reclutamiento
El gobierno de Felipe Calderón en México es reconocido por la crisis de violencia que desató la “guerra” contra el crimen organizado y por la sistemática criminalización de las víctimas. Encabezado por el poeta Javier Sicilia, padre de un joven asesinado, en 2011 comenzó a articularse el Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD), un actor colectivo de trascendencia nacional e internacional que enfrentó el discurso oficial para exigir d…
Such a Radical Essence
In 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderón started a “war” against criminal groups that led to the murder and disappearance of hundreds of thousands of people. In response, the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity was formed by the victims’ relatives and allied activists in 2011, giving rise to various forms of political contention to demand justice and halt the so-called war. I analyze the biographical outcomes of this type of involvement…
Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad
Tras dos años de constantes movilizaciones para oponerse a la violencia ocasionada por la "guerra" contra el crimen en México, el Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD) redujo la frecuencia y la intensidad de sus acciones y, por lo tanto, su relevancia pública se diluyó. No obstante, mediante mecanismos de difusión relacional, el mpjd impactó en la organización de nuevos grupos liderados por familiares de personas desaparecidas, así…
Compound players and emotional arenas
After the Mexican ex-president Felipe Calderón declared a ‘war’ against criminal organisations, the number of murders and people reported as disappeared increased steadily in the country. However, the authorities constantly ensured that these crimes occurred exclusively among criminals. This narrative was fractured when, after the murder of his son in 2011, the poet Javier Sicilia started leading the protests of activists, relatives of victims an…
Framing, Counterframing, and Discursive Fields in the Mobilizations Against Criminal Violence in Mexico
In social movements literature, frame analyses have focused mainly on the strategic discourse of mobilized groups, a smaller proportion has discussed official frames, a minimal share has studied the dynamics of framing and counterframing, and barely a few studies have analyzed the development of discursive fields. This article broadens and deepens our understanding of discursive fields through a longitudinal analysis of four episodes of mobilizat…
Social movements and political-emotional communities
How are social ties formed in the contentious campaigns led by relatives of victims of criminal and political violence? Drawing on the work of Latin American social anthropologists such as Myriam Jimeno, Morna Macleod and Natalia De Marinis, I argue that the contentious campaigns of a victim-led social movement provide the physical and symbolic spaces where the participants form a political-emotional community by sharing testimonios (testimonial …
Demanding deliberative accountability in populist times
Human rights violations test governments’ commitment to truth and justice. We argue that elected governments must be deliberatively accountable for how they address human rights violations. Governments are deliberatively accountable to the extent to which they engage in practices of recognition, reciprocity, and public justification that serve the purpose of truth and justice. We analyze how the social movement representing the families of the 43…
Political science (7 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Dignity (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (4 works) · Social movement (4 works) · Economic Justice (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works)