NOT TO THE BARON MALL! YES TO CASTRO MALL! The Chilean Social Subjectivities Role in the Process of Effective Exercise of Cultural Heritage as a Universal Right
This paper investigates two citizen movements. On the one hand, the mobilization that opposed to the Mall Baron in Valparaiso, and, on the other hand, the mobilization that was in favour of the Mall of Castro in Chiloé. Through a qualitative methodology, based on in-depth interviews and source analysis, we look for the linkage of these citizen movements with the activation of the political dimension of the right of access to cultural heritage in the current conception implemented in public policy. We recognized that there are elements of the right to cultural heritage that are not present in these experiences. In particular the non-consideration of citizen participation in decision-making regarding its own heritage and the recognition and legitimation of new patrimonies corresponding to the various social subjectivities that exist within the same society. To ignore the above becomes a problem of social sustainability that impacts on the levels of human development, social welfare and the quality of our democracy.
Keywords:
Cultural public policies, cultural heritage, participation, social realism
Bustos, V. (2016). NOT TO THE BARON MALL! YES TO CASTRO MALL! The Chilean Social Subjectivities Role in the Process of Effective Exercise of Cultural Heritage as a Universal Right. Journal Studies of Public Policy, 2(2), 102–120. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-6296.2016.44263
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