Set in stone? “Desired whiteness” and the urban space: A collaborative research in (post) colonial Chile investigates ideologies of whiteness, their relations to urban socio-material spaces and Indigenous counter-narratives. Set in Stone? is an interdisciplinary research between social anthropology, urban studies, architecture, history and art. The research is developed through a collaboration between the University of Sheffield (UK) and the Mapuche organisation Fundación Colectivo Epew.
Roberto Cayuqueo Martinez
Roberto Cayuqueo Martínez is an actor, director, and playwright. He holds a master’s degree in theater directing from the University of Chile and was a finalist for the Rolex Mentor and Protege Awards in 2016. Roberto has worked in film and theater, and has written and directed, among other plays, Célula (2012), El Pacto de Renv (2017), Los Pueblos te llaman: Nahuelpan Presidente (2018), and Santiago Waria, Pueblo Grande de Winkas (2019). Nahuelpan Presidente won the Juan Radrigán Award for Best Playwriting in 2018. Roberto works with site-specific theater in different communities in Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, and southern Chile, and is a member of the executive council of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). He teaches playwriting and creative writing, as well as art and pedagogy at the Universidad Católica de Chile.
Olivia Casagrande
Olivia Casagrande is a social anthropologist and is engaged in interdisciplinary and collaborative research. Her research focuses on inequalities, political and racial violence, the (post)colonial city, and alternative urban epistemologies. Working at the intersection of social and visual anthropology, urban studies, the arts, and the humanities, her interdisciplinary approach is reflected in a methodology that explores audio-visual and creative practice-based methods for engaged research that generates impact and exchange within and outside academia. Olivia is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Sheffield.
Claudio Alvarado Lincopi
Claudio Alvarado Lincopi is a historian and writer with a master’s degree in History and Memory and a PhD in Architecture and Urban Studies. He is curator of the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (MChAP), researcher at the Centro de Estudios Interculturales e Indígenas (CIIR), and member of the team at the Centro de Estudios y Documentación de la Memoria Mapuche. He has worked on multiple research projects that bring together art, cultural studies, urban studies, and historiographical reflection. He has received various scholarships and awards for his writing and research.
Camila Velásquez Duran
Camila Velásquez Durán is an actress, cultural manager, and theatre educator who is passionate about exploring the power of theatre as a tool for learning and social transformation. With a solid background in acting and theatre pedagogy, Camila has dedicated her career to researching and applying the multiple dimensions of applied theatre in various educational, heritage and community contexts. Her experience ranges from creating and facilitating theatre workshops for children and young people to community theatre and social intervention projects. She is currently part of the Epew Collective as an actress and producer.
Eleonora Giannini
Architect currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield, she works at the intersection of urban studies, digital media, and public space. Her research explores how Augmented Reality can enhance citizen participation and the tools for urban design in contemporary cities. With international experience in academia and public space projects, she develops interdisciplinary methods that combine urban design, immersive technologies, and social justice to promote inclusive, sensitive, and culturally aware urban landscapes.
With a degree in Fine Arts and a qualification as painter from the University of Chile, he is a contemporary artist who combines art and technology to create multimedia and immersive experiences. His work focuses on stage design, audiovisual production, and digital animation and illustration. In parallel, he works as a web designer and developer for cultural projects, performing artists, and visual artists.
Katerina Quintulem Quintulem
Visual Artist, Bachelor of Visual Arts at Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile, 2022.
In recent years, she has participated in various activities within the Chilean national art scene, in the Metropolitan Region and Araucanía. Her research revolves around the science of biomaterials, territory, and her Mapuche heritage. She seeks future material possibilities from ancestral technologies.
Rayen Morales Cayupan
Rayen Morales Cayupan is a stage designer with a degree in Arts, specialised in Theatre Design, from the University of Chile and a Diploma in Linguistics and Indigenous Cultures. She has worked as a designer for various theatre companies, including Teatro Hierba Mala and Los Tamagochis. She specialised in theatre and concert lighting, both in design and technique. She has developed research on Eluwun, a Mapuche funeral rite, directing a residency on this topic in 2023.
Jose Pérez Sepulveda
Textile artist specialising in traditional South American weaving techniques, mainly Mapuche and Andean.
Through his weaving, he seeks to create a cross between tradition and a contemporary perspective, drawing on the territory he inhabits and considering clothing, the body and craftsmanship, using an interdisciplinary approach as a tool to expand the boundaries of textiles.
Millaray Garrido Llanquileo
Millaray G LI is a contemporary visual artist and writer from Santiago, Chile. She studied art education at the University of Playa Ancha, where she earned a degree in combined arts from the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste in Argentina. With deep roots in the south of the country, her existence became intrinsically intertwined with visual art and the identity of the Mapuche people. Her work reflects this connection through various techniques, encompassing plastic and digital methods as well as literature.
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