Abstract

JARA FARIAS, Lya  and  LEYTON OSSANDON, Logan Eduardo. Showcase of the territory: Narratives of Chile's first participation in a world Exposition. An. Investig. Arquit. [online]. 2024, vol.14, n.2, e201.  Epub Dec 01, 2024. ISSN 2301-1505.  https://doi.org/10.18861/ania.2024.14.2.3744.

Through the review of newspapers, letters, texts and illustrations that are not part of the official records, this article proposes to reconstruct a hitherto untold story: the first Chilean participation in a universal exhibition, The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851. During this exhibition, Chile exhibited tangible pieces of its territory behind a showcase, and for the first time, in front of the world. A review of this attendance allows us to rethink the understanding of its territory, identified in its beginnings as poor, to one that was later productive and highly coveted. The findings of these documents, apparently lost in the archives of time for 171 years, appeared orbiting the exhibition, but are not part of it. In turn, they fill a gap in knowledge and potentially open up new discourses in the cultural and political history of the period.

Keywords : Territory - showcase - universal exhibitions- participation- narratives.

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