Historical Everyday Geopolitics on the Chile-Peru Border

Freeman, Cordelia

Abstract

Geopolitics is increasingly seen by scholars as occurring in everyday spaces and performed by ordinary people. This paper extends this idea to historical work to examine how citizens themselves (re)produce geopolitics at the time of historical events. It does so through a case study of geopolitical tension on the Chile-Peru border in the 1970s. Through oral histories and newspaper analysis, a historical everyday geopolitics approach reveals how those living in the Chilean border city of Arica played a part in promoting national and border security. This centres the embodied and emotional experiences of those affected by violence and conflict.

Citation

Freeman, C. (2020). Historical Everyday Geopolitics on the Chile-Peru Border. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 39(4), 439-452. https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13067

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 24, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Dec 25, 2019
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Deposit Date: Oct 24, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 26, 2021
• Journal: Bulletin of Latin American Research
• Print ISSN: 0261-3050
• Electronic ISSN: 1470-9856
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 439-452
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13067
• Keywords: Everyday geopolitics; Chile; Peru; Militarisation; Borders; Security
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2956233
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/blar.13067
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Freeman, C. (2020), Historical Everyday Geopolitics on the Chile?Peru Border. Bull Lat Am Res. doi:10.1111/blar.13067, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13067. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.