Valentina Infante Batiste
Biographic Data
| ID | 1457501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valentina Infante Batiste |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valentina Infante |
| FAMILY NAME | Batiste |
| SIGNATURE | BATISTE V I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro de Estudios Científicos |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7206-0278 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pinochet’s monument
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 proce…
Memorialicidio
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 , that is to say, destructive actions that seek to cause damage to those commemo…
Reinhumaciones y memoriales de líderes históricos como metáforas de las transiciones en España y Chile
Los memoriales dedicados a las víctimas de violaciones de derechos humanos han sido abundantemente analizados en contextos de justicia transicional. En este artículo se estudia un tipo de memorial que ha recibido escasa conceptualización teórica y poca atención empírica: el "memorial funerario". Situados en cementerios, estos memoriales ocupan un espacio intermedio entre la vida y la muerte, lo que les confiere un componente emocional y los dota …
The toponymic battle
Pro-dictatorship memorialization in democratic Chile (1990–2020)
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). The study used four main explanatory factors and subjected them to a Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The procedure revealed that, in Chil…
Pro-dictatorship memorialization in democratic Chile (1990–2020)
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). The study used four main explanatory factors and subjected them to a Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The procedure revealed that, in Chil…
The toponymic battle
Pro-dictatorship memorialization in democratic Chile (1990–2020)
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). The study used four main explanatory factors and subjected them to a Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The procedure revealed that, in Chil…
The toponymic battle
Reinhumaciones y memoriales de líderes históricos como metáforas de las transiciones en España y Chile
Los memoriales dedicados a las víctimas de violaciones de derechos humanos han sido abundantemente analizados en contextos de justicia transicional. En este artículo se estudia un tipo de memorial que ha recibido escasa conceptualización teórica y poca atención empírica: el "memorial funerario". Situados en cementerios, estos memoriales ocupan un espacio intermedio entre la vida y la muerte, lo que les confiere un componente emocional y los dota …
Pinochet’s monument
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 proce…
Memorialicidio
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 , that is to say, destructive actions that seek to cause damage to those commemo…
Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Memory, violence, and history (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Altar (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Autocracy (1 works) · Battle (1 works)