“During my CLACLS-sponsored on-site research in summer 2013, I studied the architectural and artistic interventions made within two former detention centers infamous for holding political prisoners: Lecumberri Prison in Mexico City and the Escuela Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA) in Buenos Aires.  My research emphasized the ways in which certain historical narratives have been privileged or marginalized in the renovations of each space.  I have already used the archival materials and photographs that I gathered during my research in co-organizing a panel for the 2014 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) conference on “prison conversions.”  The trip also confirmed the feasibility of completing my dissertation on artistic and architectural projects in Mexico City that memorialize the 1968 massacre of student protesters, including a chapter on Lecumberri.”