The impact of public policies on audiovisual heritage: the case of the Cineteca de la Universidad de Chile under the military dictatorship

Authors

  • Luis Horta Canales Cineteca Universidad de Chile

Abstract

The installation of military dictatorships in Latin America, starting in the second half of the 20th century, meant dismantling the pre-existing relationship between the State and the institutions dedicated to culture. In the case of audiovisual heritage, it is of particular interest to address the fragility of archives in the face of cultural policies deployed by authoritarian regimes, making the concept of heritage deterioration more complex. To address this issue, we propose as a case study the Cineteca of the University of Chile, intervened by the dictatorship in 1973 and closed by it in 1976, meaning a dispersal of archives and the irreversible loss of an archival practice. Based on this case, the mechanisms that lead to dismantling the local cultural fabric will be reviewed, first from the paradox of a State that creates conditions to close a public archive, and then the concepts of culture and audiovisual heritage will be stressed.

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Author Biography

Luis Horta Canales, Cineteca Universidad de Chile

Académico del Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen de la Universidad de Chile y de la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano. Es también coordinador de la Cineteca de la Universidad de Chile. Magíster en Teoría e Historia de Arte, Universidad de Chile; Especialización en Restauración Cinematográfica, Filmoteca Unam (México); Licenciado en Realización Cinematográfica de la Universidad de Artes y Ciencias Sociales (Arcis). Investigador, sus áreas de trabajo son historia del cine chileno, patrimonio audiovisual, estética, arte y política.

Published

2022-11-07