This Spring-embedded program offers a focused examination of the legacies of industrialization in the Americas. In the northern Chilean city of Arica, we explore different phases of 'industry' across archaeological, colonial, historical, and contemporary perspectives to discuss and put into practice how these ideas and experiences become heritage.
Arica, in northern Chile, is only 11 miles from the border with Peru. It is an international port city that also serves a free port for Bolivia, making this area simultaneously remote and internationally significant. Arica has an extremely dry climate, with almost no rainfall, and its landscape is marked by the Morro Arica hill, striking surfing beaches, and two valleys that dissect the famous Atacama Desert. Arica features cultural resources as diverse as archaeological remains that are 10,000 years old, and San Marcos Cathedral, designed in 1876 by French architect Gustave Eiffel.
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