translated from Spanish: Work “Freirina” relieves the achievements of community struggles in black room

work “Freirina” relieves the achievements of the community fights the social and environmental conflict occurred between 2011 and 2012 that pitted neighbors and the Agrosuper company, is the starting point of “Freirina”, work which corresponds to the work’s title of the school of theatre at the University of Valparaiso which counts with the participation of 11 students from the 4 mentions of the school: direction, dramaturgy, didactic and theatrical production and is directed by Professor Andrea Giadach.
The work will premiere on Wednesday, January 9, at a private function and then will have functions open to the public from Thursday to Saturday, until January 19, at 8 p.m., in the black room located in Brazil 1647, Valparaiso.
The research process began in May of this year, when the cast took a trip to the town of Freirina, located in the Huasco province, Atacama region, where they interviewed people who participated in the conflict. While the theoretical context of Assembly, proposed earlier this year by Professor Andrea Giadach is based on thinking decolonial, which faces and de-linking of the colonial matrix of power.
In this regard, academic notes that “this year detonated the feminist movement and puts in vogue thought decolonial which is very in sync with the context of Chile at this time. We analyze the history of Frerina and understood that there is a consistency with what is happening in the areas of sacrifice, which generated community struggles which speak from the periphery to the hegemony, whether business, industry, Government, institution or legality”.
“The proposal of the Assembly is landing all the theory in a fact that belongs to us and make a down concrete to say something from the theatre, from the stage, installing the Frerina experience, to then talk about other similar events. “We want to take reality to expose it and transform it into an artistic device that dialogue with people that go to see this work”, adds.
Example worth knowing Constanza Silva, is the teacher assistant and Assistant Director, entitled 2017 UV School of theatre with a minor in theatre direction. He was responsible for proposing the topic of Freirina, given their family ties with the sector. In this regard, indicates that “the interesting thing was how the inhabitants of the place were organized to move the Agrosuper company that was polluting the environment”.
“We believe that it is an example worth knowing, because although there is geographical conditions that allowed to happen, neighbors had put much of its and the achievement obtained after the period of revolution was also printed in the” community and can be seen in the way in how they relate to today. “There has never been anyone that would like to be above hierarchically, but spokespeople carrying the voice of all and this way of fighting there made us much sense as students of theatre”, clarified.

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