Objects as battlefields in the struggle for civil rights: The archaeology and analysis of contemporary material culture and heritage in Chile

Abstract

On October 18, 2019, Chile joined a local and global phenomenon, when a popular movement exploded following student protests over an increase in public transportation fares in Santiago, the capital. Since that day, the streets have been home to public defiance of the foundations of neoliberalism. The neoliberal system was established during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and has intensified in the subsequent years of democracy, fomenting economic and social inequity