Chile: the Mapuche and the Bicentennial

  • José Bengoa Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano de Santiago de Chile
  • Natalia Caniguan Centro de Documentación Étnico, Rural y Pesquero, Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
Keywords: Mapuche, Indigenous peoples, Social Policy, Conflict, Peasants

Abstract

The conmeration of the 200 years of the Independence of Chile was in September 2010. This year was also the political change from the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia to the right political wing chilean political parties. During the last 20 years the Goverment of Chile was in the hands of the center left coalition, after the dictatorship period of Gral Augusto Pinochet end in 1990. During two decades the state aplied social policies in order two develop the indigenous comunities, specially the mapuche comunities of the south of Chile. During 2010 the research proyect named “Conmemoraciones y memorias subalternas” tried to understand the current situation of the comunities, the conflict and others aspects of the indigenous situation. This paper is part of those research.

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Author Biographies

José Bengoa, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano de Santiago de Chile
Licenciado en Filosofía y Ciencias Sociales y profesor de la Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano de Santiago de Chile.
Natalia Caniguan, Centro de Documentación Étnico, Rural y Pesquero, Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
Natalia Caniguan, Antropóloga y Directora del Centro de Documentación Étnico, Rural y Pesquero (Escuela de Antropología - UAHC).
Published
2011-12-15
How to Cite
Bengoa, J., & Caniguan, N. (2011). Chile: the Mapuche and the Bicentennial. Cuadernos De antropología Social, (34), 7-28. https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i34.1377
Section
Espacio Abierto - Artículos Originales