Relatos y dilemas de la memoria en Chile. Apuntes desde el caso de la ex Cárcel de Valparaíso

International audienceThis study addresses the case of the transformation of the ex cárcel de Valparaíso into a cultural space, beginning in the year 2000, in order to ponder on the tensions of the memory in the early 20th-century Chile. By assuming the territoriality as one of the "social frames of memory" (Halbwachs), I firstly consider the prison's memorial inscription, especially with regard to its urban-neighborhood dimension, exploring the scope that this bring up about a political imaginary associated to the space. In second place, I question up to which point the discourses around the "World Heritage" condition - with which Valparaíso was invested in 2003 by the UNESCO - are connected to the debates around the rehabilitation of the former prison. Taking into account the heritagization and urban marketing logics that are involved in Valparaíso, the aim of this study is to open critical perspectives upon the articulations between memory and heritage in Chile today