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“Un Violador en tu camino”- A Global Feminist Anthem: How the feminist movement in Latin America and notably Chile evolved to facilitate the rise of digital and performance activism in the face of ongoing inequality and women’s rights issues
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The feminist movement emerged as a unified movement in Latin America in the 1960’s and 1970’s amidst ongoing political protests. The collaboration of feminist scholars and grass-roots leaders created a bridge to meet the needs of a diverse group of women, raise their consciousness, and educate them on their potential in order to lobby for increased rights. The women’s movement started with innovative events like communal kitchens and spread through the media of its time with pamphlets. Though the experience of Latin American women and the issues they faced were heterogenous, meetings held at conferences permitted these women to dialogue with each other and determine their common issues and solutions. As the movement progressed, it began to explicitly become more inclusive as it recognized the rights of racialized, queer and other disenfranchised women. Though the efforts of the progenitors of the Latin American Feminist movement have made many strides, there is much work to do as femicide and other types of violence against women are prevalent. To combat these issues presently, performance activism, as well as the use of digital media, have been effective tools. Namely, the feminist collective Lastesis has used the momentum of the already existing social movements and protests in Chile to implement performance activism and utilize social media to create a global protest movement. Though the thesis generally covers the entire region of Latin America, it emphasizes the history, context and contemporary experiences of Chile and Chileans. It also explores the history of the feminist movement in Latin America, the use of social media and performance activism to propel social movements by youth and feminist organizations and how the song by the Collective Lastesis, “Un Violador en tu camino”, rose to popularity. Since the protest song by Lastesis is relatively new, information and research about the movement is timely and consistently increasing. Case studies, media reports, and research from social media platforms directly have been the primary source of data for this thesis. The results of my research have revealed that the feminist movement in Latin America is dynamic, and that translating complex feminist theory into language that is accessible, both in production and in medium to the general public, has created a simplicity that allowed Lastesis to create a vehicle for change. The song can be adapted to various regions and individuals as the negative experiences of women and other marginalized groups are unfortunately universal. The work of Lastesis reveals the potential for social movements to reach a global audience and the benefits of mobilizing both offline and online.
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- Date created
- 2021-01-15
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- Latin America*, Chile, Las Tesis, Performance Art, Colonial Latin America, Spain, Digital Activism, Feminist, Women, Latin American Feminist movement, ‘Un Violador en tu camino’, ‘A rapist in your path’, Latinadad, Mestizaje, ‘El feminismo Popular’, Intersectionality, Indigenous, Afro*, Queer, Lesbian, Sandinista, Jesuit, Church, ‘arte de accion’, ‘arte de acontecimiento’, Chilean Constitution, Constitution, Pinochet, Protes
- This thesis primarily focuses on the years 2019-2020 but briefly covers precolonial and colonial Latin America (from the 16th to 21st century)
- Chile, Latin America, Caribbean, Spain
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- Research Material