In her anthropological work, Vera Stein Erlich (1897−1980) was paying significant research attention to Latin American (Mexican) and Yugoslav (Bosnian Muslim) cultural parallelisms, based on the assumption that both regional cultures shared the same style. This style, named Oriental cultural style, supposedly originated in Al-Andalus, whence it diffused both to Latin America and the Ottoman Balkans.
The article discusses the complex socio-political position of the Mapuche people in Chile, who appear as a symbol of struggle, resistance and as a political player demanding fundamental political change in the country. The first part of the article focuses on the historical context of the Mapuche people in Chile and on an overview of their socio-political movement in the past and in the present, while the second part analyses various aspects of the processes of indigenisation and “Mapucheisation” of Chilean society.
The article discusses the complex socio-political position of the Mapuche people in Chile, who appear as a symbol of struggle, resistance and as a political player demanding fundamental political change in the country. The first part of the article focuses on the historical context of the Mapuche people in Chile and on an overview of their socio-political movement in the past and in the present, while the second part analyses various aspects of the processes of indigenisation and “Mapucheisation” of Chilean society.
From 2022 to 2025 the project Dance as ICH: New models of facilitating participatory dance events (Dance - ICH) will explore facilitation of dance as intangible cultural heritage and the relationship between local dance heritage communities, museums, heritage institutions and the public.
In interpreting the meanings of museum collections and objects, SEM focuses on learning about the relationships between objects and their creators and users, and on understanding the role of the objects in the process of forming different identities.
