Advances for a sustainable management model of the Chinchorro cultural and archaeological heritage in Arica and Parinacota, Chile

Abstract

The Chinchorro archaeological and cultural heritage in Arica and Parinacota (Chile) is inserted into a complex network of social scenarios tense because of its designation as a World Heritage Site (2021). This highlights the need to qualitatively investigate the conflicts expressed in the field of social and symbolic relations around heritage, with the aim of generating coherent management with the various territorial realities. Through an ethnographic and (auto)ethnographic strategy, an analysis of the heritage processes embedded in the region is carried out, based on the experience of different agents. A critical approach is emphasized, which addresses the concepts of development and heritage as ethnocentric configurations that are resignified at the territorial level. Four areas of discussion are proposed that single out the regional experience, allowing a link to heritage as a resource for development from a sustainable and participatory perspective.