Elsa Voytas
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1418488 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Elsa Voytas |
| NOMBRES | Elsa |
| APELLIDO | Voytas |
| FIRMA | VOYTAS E |
| AFILIACIONES | IE University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4904-4392 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
More than Money
Can material reparations change political participation? To examine whether material reparations can increase political engagement among survivors of state violence, I use content analysis of survivor testimonies, interviews, and plausibly exogenous variation in the timing of reparations approval for surviving victims of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. After being approved for reparations, survivors are more likely to register to vote compare…
The Anti-Left Legacy of the Pinochet Dictatorship
Educational systems can serve as powerful tools for attempted authoritarian indoctrination. What is the legacy of education under authoritarianism, and does it persist after the regime ends? We exploit a discrete change in the school curriculum generated by the Chilean 1973 coup. After the coup, the military junta overhauled the curriculum to align with its ideology. We use a regression discontinuity to compare people who were barely exposed to t…
The Troubles and Beyond
In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland. We combine evidence from nearly 1,400 participants across focus groups, a field experiment at the Troubles and Be…
Remembering the Violent Past in Ethnically Divided Societies
How can remembrance initiatives engage the public in a collective exploration of their past when the dominant historical narratives within that public are deeply contested? How does engaging with commemorative efforts affect those living in post-conflict societies, and what role might museums play in dealing with such contested pasts? We address these research questions through a multi-method study in Northern Ireland, focusing on the Ulster Muse…
State violence and participation in transitional justice
Can the legacy of state violence undermine participation in transitional justice services designed to consolidate peace after conflict? We argue that, in the aftermath of armed fighting, state-perpetrated violence leads to reduced uptake of government reconciliation policies. We leverage spatial and temporal variation in levels of civilian victimization by perpetrator and find that, in contrast to violence committed by non-state groups, violence …
Do Transitional Justice Museums Persuade Visitors? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Do transitional justice museums persuade visitors? We implement a novel field experiment at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile to understand the effects of governments' attempts to shape citizens' attitudes through symbolic transitional justice policies such as museums and memorials. Our findings suggest that though perceptions of the museum vary along ideological lines, Chilean university students display greater support fo…
Do Transitional Justice Museums Persuade Visitors? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Do transitional justice museums persuade visitors? We implement a novel field experiment at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile to understand the effects of governments' attempts to shape citizens' attitudes through symbolic transitional justice policies such as museums and memorials. Our findings suggest that though perceptions of the museum vary along ideological lines, Chilean university students display greater support fo…
Remembering the Violent Past in Ethnically Divided Societies
How can remembrance initiatives engage the public in a collective exploration of their past when the dominant historical narratives within that public are deeply contested? How does engaging with commemorative efforts affect those living in post-conflict societies, and what role might museums play in dealing with such contested pasts? We address these research questions through a multi-method study in Northern Ireland, focusing on the Ulster Muse…
The Troubles and Beyond
In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland. We combine evidence from nearly 1,400 participants across focus groups, a field experiment at the Troubles and Be…
State violence and participation in transitional justice
Can the legacy of state violence undermine participation in transitional justice services designed to consolidate peace after conflict? We argue that, in the aftermath of armed fighting, state-perpetrated violence leads to reduced uptake of government reconciliation policies. We leverage spatial and temporal variation in levels of civilian victimization by perpetrator and find that, in contrast to violence committed by non-state groups, violence …
Do Transitional Justice Museums Persuade Visitors? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Do transitional justice museums persuade visitors? We implement a novel field experiment at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile to understand the effects of governments' attempts to shape citizens' attitudes through symbolic transitional justice policies such as museums and memorials. Our findings suggest that though perceptions of the museum vary along ideological lines, Chilean university students display greater support fo…
Remembering the Violent Past in Ethnically Divided Societies
How can remembrance initiatives engage the public in a collective exploration of their past when the dominant historical narratives within that public are deeply contested? How does engaging with commemorative efforts affect those living in post-conflict societies, and what role might museums play in dealing with such contested pasts? We address these research questions through a multi-method study in Northern Ireland, focusing on the Ulster Muse…
State violence and participation in transitional justice
Can the legacy of state violence undermine participation in transitional justice services designed to consolidate peace after conflict? We argue that, in the aftermath of armed fighting, state-perpetrated violence leads to reduced uptake of government reconciliation policies. We leverage spatial and temporal variation in levels of civilian victimization by perpetrator and find that, in contrast to violence committed by non-state groups, violence …
More than Money
Can material reparations change political participation? To examine whether material reparations can increase political engagement among survivors of state violence, I use content analysis of survivor testimonies, interviews, and plausibly exogenous variation in the timing of reparations approval for surviving victims of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. After being approved for reparations, survivors are more likely to register to vote compare…
The Anti-Left Legacy of the Pinochet Dictatorship
Educational systems can serve as powerful tools for attempted authoritarian indoctrination. What is the legacy of education under authoritarianism, and does it persist after the regime ends? We exploit a discrete change in the school curriculum generated by the Chilean 1973 coup. After the coup, the military junta overhauled the curriculum to align with its ideology. We use a regression discontinuity to compare people who were barely exposed to t…
The Troubles and Beyond
In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland. We combine evidence from nearly 1,400 participants across focus groups, a field experiment at the Troubles and Be…
Political science (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Criminology (2 obras) · Economic Justice (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (2 obras) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (2 obras) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 obras) · Politics (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras)