María Elena: the end of an urban experience. A study case in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Rodríguez Torrent Escuela de Diseño, Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad de Valparaíso
  • Pablo Miranda Bown Escuela de Arte, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612009000200006

Keywords:

labour market, countryside-city relationship, socio-territorial transformations

Abstract

In this paper we look into the relationship between the nitrate town of María Elena (in Region II) Í€“ designed on utopian principals as a private project - and the changing labor relations between the SQM Company and the workers as a result of the predominance of a new accumulation model guided by competitiveness, quality production and globalization. Th e town was created so that men and women could establish their livelihoods in the Atacama Desert, with guarantees and infrastructure based on a full employment policy. Th is was in order to anchor the population in this inhospitable environment, to meet production objectives and to strengthen a coherent and cohesive identity. New strategic decisions led to this model being replaced by one based on labour fl exibilization, deleting its original intention and collective interest to give way to a mining camp.

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2009-08-02

How to Cite

Rodríguez Torrent, J. C., & Miranda Bown, P. (2009). María Elena: the end of an urban experience. A study case in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 35(105). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612009000200006

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Vol. 35 No. 105 (2009)

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