Contemporary archaeology in conflict zones: The materiality of violence and the transformation of the urban space in Temuco, Chile during the social outburst

dc.creatorLindskoug
dc.creatorHenrik B. Martinez
dc.creatorWladimir
dc.date2022
dc.date2022-03-01T16:05:37Z
dc.date2022-03-01T16:05:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-18T14:52:38Z
dc.date.available2022-10-18T14:52:38Z
dc.identifierJOURNAL OF MATERIAL CULTURE,Vol.,,2022
dc.identifierhttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/4514
dc.identifier10.1177/13591835221074167
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4444170
dc.descriptionWe have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and social movements in Temuco, Chile, and the transformation of the urban landscape with archaeological surveys. Our results demonstrate alterations in the urban landscape related to both police presence and protesters. Large amounts of teargas-projectiles and rubber bullets indicate strong police presence and repression of different social movements. We have also identified protection and resistance modes in the form of shields, paint bombs, and protective masks, often associated with graffiti's, barricades, and other alterations of the public space. Material vestiges combined with interviews have shown how state institutions have tried to cover up the traces of violence. We argue that archaeology can play a central role in this process and in recording the materiality of these events with the aim to hand over the information to human right associations to prevent state oppression.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
dc.sourceJOURNAL OF MATERIAL CULTURE
dc.subjectanthropology
dc.subjectsocial movement
dc.subjectstate oppression
dc.subjectpolice violence
dc.subjectresistance
dc.titleContemporary archaeology in conflict zones: The materiality of violence and the transformation of the urban space in Temuco, Chile during the social outburst


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