TURISMO SOCIAL Y PAISAJE DESDE EL OLVIDO. El caso de los Balnearios Populares en Chile (1970-1973)

Authors

  • Macarena Cortés Escuela de Arquitectura; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Thaise Gambarra Escuela de Arquitectura; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • María Francisca Evans Escuela de Arquitectura; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.12688

Abstract

During the government of Salvador Allende (1970-73), Chile implemented a state program of Social Tourism that materialized the right to rest. At least sixteen resorts were built: villas that included "A" type cabins with prefabricated structure, common kitchen and dining room, bathrooms, and community areas. However, after the military coup (1973), they were confiscated and transformed into detention and torture centers, vacation destinations for uniformed personnel, or sold to private individuals. As a result, the resorts went through a long process of invisibility and oblivion, almost completely erasing the record of their existence. Despite this, the memory of these places endures in the various material vestiges scattered along the coast. The research is based on documentary, iconographic, primary source materials, and trips throughout Chile, which sought to verify the existence of the 16 resorts, their location conditions, transformations, and current state, in order to reconstruct this part of history.


Keywords: social tourism, seaside resorts, landscape, memory.

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Published

2024-03-06

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SIIU2023_RECIFE