Politics of cultural heritage in military dictatorship. The case of the region of Magallanes 1973-1990

Abstract

The refoundational aspiration of the Chilean Military Dictatorship (1973-1990) was interned in the national culture paying special attention to what we understand today as cultural heritage policies, articulating laws and regulations, creating positions and modifying its regulations in order to provide the State with greater margins of action in this matter.In this work, the concept of cultural heritage, cultural studies and heritage is reviewed to la analyze the patrimonialization exercises carried out in the Magallanes region during the period in question, identifying tendencies of valorization and recognition towards certain regional and national phenomena they materialized through the declarations of National Monument, the removal of Public Monuments and the dissemination of some expressions of national folklore.