News at Eleven: Mapurbe poetics is an aesthetic concept

in tune with the artistic movement in Chile. The revival of a culture that modifies to survive, adapting new forms of expression which are proposing a cultural and political reflection. A vanguard expression of art which has questioned its origin and now identifies itself as Mapuche. This state of culture should not propose a contemporary form of identification before a culture of domination. Therefore, it is a culture which is in constant motion. That's Mapurbe--a poetic concept of identity and part of the people's contemporary heritage.

from Upside Down World: 'A Poetic Concept of Identity': An Interview with Mapuche Poet David Aniñir Guilitraro

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