Cuando líderes de minorías religiosas son acusados de delitos sexuales, las narrativas mediáticas pueden marcar rápidamente a todo el colectivo como cómplices o víctimas.
Maria Vardé
Beyond the Leader. 4. The Human Cost of Guilt by Association
Campaigns targeting “cults” for their leaders’ real or alleged wrongdoings cause massive unnecessary and innocent suffering.
Beyond the Leader. 3. Power, Hierarchy, and Guilt by Association
Power and legitimacy determine how much influence an accusation holds. Groups labeled as “cults” are seldom given fair treatment.
Beyond the Leader. 2. The Legal Effects of Guilt by Association
In addition to ready-made stories for sale, the media can also produce scripts for more aggressive forms of state control.
Beyond the Leader. 1. Guilt by Association and Stigma.
When leaders of religious minorities are accused of sexual crimes, media narratives can quickly mark the entire collective as either accomplices or victims.
Argentina y la arquitectura de la sospecha. 4. El tribunal de la opinión pública y el castigo anticipado.
“Trata de personas + secta” no funciona como una categoría descriptiva, sino como una señal peligrosa de contaminación.
Argentina and the Architecture of Suspicion. 4. The Tribunal of Public Opinion and Anticipatory Punishment
“Trafficking + cult” does not function as a descriptive category but as a dangerous signal of contamination.
Argentina y la arquitectura de la sospecha. 3. La traducción penal de lo cotidiano.
Cómo actividades normales y religiosas se traducen al lenguaje del delito cuando se activa el guion antisectas.
Argentina and the Architecture of Suspicion. 3. The Criminal Translation of the Everyday
How ordinary and religious activities are translated into the language of crime when the anti-cult script is activated
Argentina y la arquitectura de la sospecha. 2. Vulnerabilidad expandida
Los fiscales sostienen que cualquiera que se una a un grupo espiritual que ellos no aprueban es “vulnerable”.
Maria Vardé
Maria Vardé graduated in Anthropological Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires and is currently a researcher at the Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Institute of Anthropological Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, University of Buenos Aires). She has written and lectured on archeology, spirituality, and freedom of religion or belief.