Chile

Globalization and music festivals: the case of Lollapalooza

Article

Gerard Castillo-Miralles

19/05/2023

13 minutes to read

In this article I will analyze the tense relationship between the local and the global in music festivals. To do so, I will focus on the Lollapalooza festival, known for its eclectic artistic proposal, which is currently present in 8 countries.

Hashtag activism in the online-offline continuum

Hashtag tactics: Algorithmic activism in Chile

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

03/03/2020

7 minutes to read

Algorithmic activism requires handcrafted tactics to reinforce the online-offline continuum of political actions. We can see it at work in the first week of protests in Chile.

Chile violates Human Rights (and everyone can see it on Twitter)

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

05/11/2019

5 minutes to read

Violations of human rights in Chile are evident in pictures, videos and testimonies. To Latin Americans, they resemble reports of human rights violations by military dictatorships, like the Never Again in Argentina. Is Twitter the new Never Again?