The politics of the street: Street art, public writing and the history of political contest in Chile

This commentary focuses on the politics of public space in democracy and dictatorship. It delves into what Peter Winn calls revolution ‘from below’ from perspective urban conflict, suggesting a political history that attends to visual culture as crucial arena practice . suggests often-conflictive battle over spaces was, continues be, mechanism by which an unprecedented range citizens entered ongoing debate boundaries citizenship, practice, this was adapted, transformed reimagined last five decades. The struggle streets walls be central Chilean history, remains field contest debate: estallido social unrest contemporary Chile connected new generation activists longer creative protest art gave them opportunity articulate forms intersectional thought space, even face state-sponsored violence. Studying these reveals theirs is incisive, critique limits ‘transition democracy’, neoliberal democracies legacies