Valentina Infante Batiste

Investigadora Joven VioDemos. Licenciada en Historia de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Magíster en Estudios de Patrimonio Cultural de University College London y Doctora en Sociología de University of Oxford.

Su investigación busca comprender el fenómeno de la vandalización de memoriales de víctimas de la dictadura desde 1990 a 2023. ¿Cómo ha sido el desarrollo histórico de las vandalizaciones de memoriales de víctimas durante este periodo?¿Qué explica el surgimiento, aumento de frecuencia, y radicalización del fenómeno?¿Qué características socio-políticas y culturales tienen los grupos que están detrás de estas acciones? Y ¿qué efectos y reacciones han tenido estas acciones en nuestra democracia? son algunas de las preguntas que orientan su estudio.

Es autora, junto a Richard D. Wilkinson, de Fifty Years of Human Rights in Chile Essays in Honour of Alan Angell ( Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).

Linea de investigación
Violencia Política, Étnica y Radicalización
Contacto
valentina.infante@viodemos.cl
Web
Research Gate

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Pinochet’s monument: the Altar of the Fatherland as difficult heritage in the civic Quarter of Santiago, Chile (2003–2006)

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Even though we recognise that all heritage carries inherent complexities, this article draws on the concept of ‘difficult heritage’ to examine the case of the Altar of the Fatherland. This monumental complex was created in the early years of the Chilean dictatorship (1973–1990) to commemorate the coup d’état of 11 September 1973 and to underscore the parallels between Augusto Pinochet and Bernardo O’Higgins, the hero of Chile’s independence process.

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Memorialicidio: Human rights heritage under threat

Memory Studies

This article analyzes the recent wave of attacks targeting sites of remembrance of human rights violations in Chile. Between 2018 and 2024, more than 163 desecrations have been registered, reflecting the threat human rights’ heritage sites are facing in the midst of a rising far right and their denialist discourses. This phenomenon is conceptualized as Memorialicidio.

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Fifty Years of Human Rights in Chile Essays in Honour of Alan Angell

This book examines the struggle for human rights in Chile since 1973 and celebrates the academic work and activism of Latin Americanist Alan Angell.

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The toponymic battle: Renaming streets in Santiago de Chile 50 years after the military coup

Taylor & Francis

Thus, this article offers a novel viewpoint that extends beyond the traditional scholarly understanding of memory politics and suggests that memory battles are not solely about clashes between those for and against victim memorialization.

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Pro-dictatorship memorialization in democratic Chile (1990–2020): How is it maintained?

Memory Studies

The article examines the combinations of conditions that explain the maintenance of pro-dictatorship memorialization in democratic Chile, where various pro-dictatorship memory sites, memorials, squares, and street names still positively commemorate the military dictatorship or associated elements (1973– 1990).

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