City, Social Outbreak and Graphic Dispute

Abstract

In this text we reflect on the inscriptions and effacement practices generated as a result of the social outbreak of October 2019 in Chile. Starting from the idea that they shed light on the ways of relating in a bodily and sensitive way with and in the
city, we are interested in showing the relevance that both have as tools of production of the territory and of dispute over the meaning of places. Through the counterpoint between the features detected in the graphic inscription practices and their antagonistic effacement practices, we seek to test the plausibility of an analytical approach that understands them as part of devices. This allows us to capture their impact on the way we link at sensory and bodily level with the urban space, as well as better understanding the new territorialities generated by the protest. We provide examples generated through a press review of emblematic cases in the city of Santiago de Chile.