Genesis, one life three generations. Following the photographic footprint of a family reconstruction

Abstract

The article analyzes the construction of the hypermedia project geneaki, focused on the recovery of the mother's family history (Victoria Sanchez), who decided to leave her home without a trace at an early age due to domestic violence and the social context of the region she grew up (Medellin, Colombia). The project started after a Twitter message was received in 2013 from an unknown cousin looking for any information about Victoria Sanchez after three decades. That cousin sent some some pictures, many unknown relatives obtained a face including the author's  grandmother.  From these images, a plausible project is built in which photographic memories from the documentation and archive are mixed with falsified photographic memories from the author and her two sisters to narrate a new family history in an appropriation process and healing from family trauma.