In the fifty years that have passed since the brutal end of Salvador Allende’s government and the establishment of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, Chilean society has seen the structures of neoliberalism take hold. In the aftermath of the violent oppression and erasure of human and non-human existences, a plurality of counternarratives that traverse across temporalities, communities, aesthetics, histories, and politics have emerged. These uncovered narratives are also battles for memory that shape the present and the future of the people living in Chile, in exile, or in diaspora. 

Drawing from activism, literature, and oralitures, this panel explores intergenerational conversations, the struggles of Indigenous Mapuche people, and feminist practices interrogating and reflecting on multiple narratives and the role of collective memories for resistance and healing.