Based on the theoretical-methodological elucidation of discursive territories (TD), an alternative way of materializing the intangible aspects of various territories is proposed by interpreting the emotions, collective memory, and mental maps available in the oral, written, and iconographic discourses of the subjects of knowledge.
A hermeneutic analysis of the Chilean state’s territorial rhetoric will be conducted to explain its imaginaries and to identify intersections and ruptures relative to Mapuche-Williche perspectives. The results reveal contingent, heterogeneous state TD, actively contested for narrative control. A faction of the state, represented by local public employees, produces a narrative distinct from the hegemonic one, connected to the Williche identity of the southern region of Chile.
