Warriache in Temuco? Kommunikation von Ethnizität bei Mapuche in einer südchilenischen Stadt

Abstract

When considering urban indigenous people in Chile, attention is paid mostly to those living in the capital, Santiago de Chile, where nearly half of the indigenous population lives. The new ethnonym Warriache has been developed in order to denominate the urban Mapuche. Even so, there are many indigenous people, mainly Mapuche, living in the southern cities of Concepción, Temuco or Puerto Montt, who have been disregarded as such until recently. In my article I focus on the communication of ethnicity in the city of Temuco by means of food and poetics. Both aspects may be useful in describing the differences between the situations of urban people in the capital and the south, and in considering the significance of rural indigenous culture.