Cantos Cautivos
Music was often written, sung and heard in political detention and torture centres in Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
The memory of these experiences is an important fragment of the lives of those who resisted, fought and shared their stories for this project.
We invite you to explore and share these experiences.
Part of the Fragments of Memory series of the Central University of Chile's Audiovisual Laboratory, this video explores the song “Tamo Daleko”, adapted and used as a symbol of resistance by political prisoners. Watch the video here and see other testimonies about “Tamo Daleko” in Cantos Cautivos.
Students and academics from Music, Latin American Studies, History and other disciplines attended the event.
The author, journalist of The Guardian and The Observer, with his band at the launch in London. The book contains a chapter on Cantos Cautivos.
Photo: Daniel Díaz.
The British Museum's exhibition I Object, Ian Hislop's search for dissent (September 2018-January 2019) includes the recording of "Doctorcitos", collected by the Cantos Cautivos team.See information.
Forty-four years later, the work has been reconstructed and recorded for the first time by the group MACOMBA, directed by Marcelo Coulon (Inti-Illimani) and formed in honour of the detained-disappeared Marcelo Concha Bascuñán, who was interned in Chacabuco. Listen to the recording and read the testimony here.
Panel on the roles of music as an educational resource to address memory and human rights topics, and on the use of internet technology as a tool for dissemination, exchange and research. August 2018, Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Santiago, Chile.
Everything Changes (Todo cambia)
Published on: 26 September 2018
Published on: 26 September 2018
Why does the afternoon cry (Por qué llora la tarde)
Published on: 26 September 2018
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