On the eve of another International Women’s Day, we highlight articles written by CMUS’s senior researchers in their respective fields of study over the past few years. Here are a few examples.

Carla Pinochet, deputy director of the Núcleo, published the article “The Vicious Circle of Female Invisibility: Gender Inequalities in the Chilean Music Field” with Javiera Novoa and Valentina Basáez. It includes the following: Gender inequalities in the social world are expressed in multiple ways and at various levels. Although some dimensions of the problem are clearly identifiable by social actors, many of the pillars that sustain these inequalities operate at a partially or totally unconscious level, which hinders the visibility and transformation of these structures. The text was published in the Chilean Music Magazine, No. 236. Link.

Daniela Fugellie contributed the chapter “Voices of Memory in Leni Alexander’s (1924-2005) Experimental Radio Dramas” for the book Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women. She wrote the following: ” Beyond specific actions, the feminist wave invited us to analyze the foundations of ourresearch and teaching practices, and from there to thematize the place of women in music. Including publications written by women in our teaching and promoting research projects centered on women performers and creators became topics of concern to several scholars in the musical field in Chile. Naturally, I cannot speak for everyone, but I can affirm that many of us have acknowledged the “impact” of the wave and its legitimate demands. Interestingly, all this development also influenced the visibility of the figure of Leni Alexander”. Link

Laura Jordán published “Individual Bodies, Collective Bodies: Performativity and Gender in Samba Da Costa,” an article co-authored with Paulina Bronfman, Kiry Mercado, Gloria Cáceres, and Pamela Soto. They state that “Through a methodology that includes observation of live performances, a group interview, and musical and performative analysis from a gender perspective, it is argued that Samba da Costa’s musical practices challenge the sexual division of labor in music, while simultaneously updating the horizons of possibility for modes of collective embodiment and sound.” The text appeared in the Humanities Journal No. 52, UNAB. Link

Finally, Andrea Chamorro co-authored the video article “Speaking Nearby and Making with Women in the Andes: Land Women and Memory” with Natalia Picaroni, which will be published soon in Comechingonia. Revista de Arqueología (Comechingonia. Journal of Archaeology). In it, they state the following: “Members of Chacha Warmi framed the residency as an opportunity to explore the lives of Aymara women. The project was articulated both as a tribute to Andean women who have long faced discrimination, limited opportunities, and demanding living and working conditions—and as a political statement advocating gender equality within the local Aymara movement.” This work is the result of a collaborative research and creation residency organized by Chamorro in Arica.