Ethnopolitical processes in the Chilean democratic transition. Local governments and the mapuche political via

Authors

  • Claudio Espinoza Araya Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i45.3796

Keywords:

hile, Democratic transition, Ethnopolitical movement, Mapuche Mayors, Electoral participation

Abstract

This article reflects on experiences and political processes in local interethnic contexts, mainly in the Region ofAraucanía, historical mapuche territory, and that have been taking place withrelative intensity and continuity since the return to democracy in Chile. I refer in particular to the emergence of mapuche organizations and leaderships that, as has happened with other ethno-political movements in Latin America, have set to take control of local governments as a way to introduce social transformations. Within these transformations we
emphasize one: the inversion in power relations. All this serves to show the relationship that exists between municipal electoral participation and the daily lives of local actors, as well as to think about political projects that are both alternative and significant.

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Author Biography

  • Claudio Espinoza Araya, Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
    Doctor en Antropología. Director Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano e Investigador Asociado del Centro de Estudios Interculturales e Indígenas (CIIR). Santiago, Chile.
    Artículo elaborado especialmente para Cuadernos de Antropología Social a partir de la exposición del autor en las VII Jornadas de Investigación en Antropología Social Santiago Wallace. Julio de 2016, Buenos Aires, Sección de Antropología Social, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.

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Published

2017-09-26

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Section

Espacio Abierto - Artículos Originales

How to Cite

Ethnopolitical processes in the Chilean democratic transition. Local governments and the mapuche political via. (2017). Cuadernos De antropología Social, 45. https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i45.3796