Abstract

ORELLANA AGUILA, Nicolás. Repertoires and public space of workers and students in Chile at the beginning of the 21st century. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.28, n.56, pp.99-124.  Epub Aug 30, 2021. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl2856-005-2020.

This paper examines the workers and student’s repertoires of contention and its relationship with public space in Chile during the first twelve years of 21st century. Building event catalogues of contentious actions based on the Cronologías del Conflicto Social of the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, forms of action, adversaries, and character of demands are described according to each actor, to construct their repertoires of contention. Then, it explores how these repertoires imply a different use and appropriation of the public space, which constitutes a distinctive point of the differential impact that the mobilizations have on the political discussion of each actor.

Keywords : Chile; repertoires of contention; workers; students; public space; 21st century.