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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet's Chile 
 - Katia Chornik (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Paola A. Lopez
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Over 1\,000 political imprisonment and torture cente
 rs existed across Chile during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinoche
 t (1973-90). Music was often present in those centers\, both as a response
  to and part of human rights violations. In this pioneering book\, Katia C
 hornik explores the relationships between music\, politics\, memory\, and 
 human rights\, discussing a broad range of music experiences and repertoir
 e and how these are remembered\, preserved\, and disseminated decades late
 r.\n\nThe book probes how pieces written\, performed\, and listened to in 
 captivity are threaded into survivors' memories of mistreatment\, resilien
 ce\, and experiences beyond resistance.\nChornik blends sources from the C
 antos Cautivos digital archive with interviews with expolitical prisoners\
 , agents of secret services\, and visitors to prisons\, proposing the noti
 on of "memory cacophony" to describe the discordant kaleidoscope of voices
 \, memories\, repertoire\, and experiences unveiled. Chornik demonstrates 
 how music\, as an expression of\npowerful lived experiences\, is an essent
 ial component of the cultural history and legacy of the Pinochet period.
LOCATION:SG1 Ground Floor\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, CB3 9D
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