Chile and its infinite faces

The initiative, whose objective is to recognize and value the cultural diversity that exists today in the country, in addition to trying to respond to what interculturality is and what characteristics we share with other ethnic groups, will be presented on May 9 at 11:00 a.m. in BiblioGAM, located on the 3rd floor of building A in the GAM Center on Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 227.

“Chile and its infinite faces” begins with a description of the genome that identifies being Chilean, collecting data that speaks of the process of miscegenation that has occurred in the different geographical areas of the country and that has shaped our identity.

The exhibition addresses this theme through 12 large-format prints. In addition, six modules provide important figures and data that reflect cultural diversity, accompanied by 12 portraits of girls and boys from the Fernando Alessandri Rodríguez School, in the commune of Santiago. This School, like the rest of the establishments in Santiago, has received foreign children and adolescents along with their families in recent years, seeking to ensure their inclusion in the Chilean educational system. Today, more than half of its students come from other countries, forming a multicultural educational community, where everyone has a space.

This exhibition will contribute to the understanding of how fundamental diversity is in our way of life, since according to the CASEN 2013 survey, more than 70% of the population that identifies as indigenous lives in urban areas and until 1984, 84,000 migrants lived in our country and by 2014 that number increased to 411,000 people.