The conflict between the Chilean state and the Mapuche ethnic minority, and the history of dispossession of land, discrimination and marginalization go back to the end of the nineteenth century. The Pinochet military dictatorship made matters worse by giving their land away to big forest and hydroelectric enterprises. The end of the dictatorship produced expectations that these historical injustices would be addressed. While the post-dictatorship governments have implemented social assistance and cultural recognition policies, they have continued the economic policies put in place under the dictatorship and have criminalized social protests by sections of the Mapuche community. Meanwhile, Chilean society more broadly has remained indifferent towards the plight of Mapuche because of the pervasive narratives that depict Mapuche as standing outside the nation. Neither the state nor non-indigenous society has resolved their relationship with the Mapuche minority.
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class="paragraph"><span>Vivimos hoy tiempos convulsos y vertiginosos, </span><span>en el que también se </span><span>van desplomando </span><span>los cimientos, coordenadas, ejes y paradigmas, así como los marcos organizativos, valóricos y normativos, que construyeron y organizaron la vida <span>política, social y cultural</span> a lo largo de los últimos siglos, al tiempo que nos adentramos en un <span>nuevo e inesperado escenario, cuyo </span><span>horizonte de futuro es aún nebuloso. <span>La desconfianza ante el futuro ha reactivado la añoranza por un tiempo, un lugar o un hogar perdidos que han dejado de existir, o que quizá no existieron nunca (Boym, 2015) y<span> que se idealizan como un paraíso perdido o inalcanzable</span> (Boym, 2015; Bauman, 2017).</span></span></span></p></div></div></div>
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