Professional Memory and Chilean Social Work: agrarian reform and the military dictatorship

Authors

  • Patricia Castañeda Meneses Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
  • Ana María Salamé Coulon Universidad de La Frontera, Chile

Abstract

This article is part of an interuniversity research project that contributes to the revival of the professional memory of Chilean social work from 1973-1990 in the context of the military dictatorship. In a specific form, it presents an integrated analysis of the participation of social work in the process of agrarian reform implemented during the period before the dictatorship, 1960-1973, reviewing the implications it had for its professional development, and also analyzes the devastating effects of the military dictatorship on the specialized task conducted in Chilean agriculture.

Author Biographies

Patricia Castañeda Meneses, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile

Trabajadora Social y Licenciada en Trabajo Social. Universidad de Valparaíso.

Doctora en Ciencias de Ia Educación. Universidad de Barcelona.

Ana María Salamé Coulon, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile

Trabajadora Social. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Doctora en Ciencias de Ia Educación. Universidad de Barcelona.

Published

2016-03-16