Cacerolazo: emotions and memory in the 2011 student movement

Abstract

The article reviews the experiences of four activists involved in the August 4 protests in the context of the student movement of the same year. Through their stories it is possible to see the bursting of memory of the dictatorship, the product of the emotions of anger and powerlessness in the face of the extreme police violence of that day. These emotions are expressed and framed through the repertoire of the cacerolazo, which contextualizes the struggle for public education with the struggle against the dictatorship in Chile.