My dissertation, Writing and Ethics in The Southern Cone: Literature between the Singular and The Specific, reads a series of examples from the last dictatorship and the current post-dictatorship period in the Southern Cone--novels and essays from Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay (including works by Augusto Roa Bastos, Roberto Bolaño and Horacio Verbitsky), and a critical debate between artists and intellectuals in Chile (Nelly Richard and Willy Thayer). My goal is to expose their ways of conceiving how communities and individuals are structured by language that organizes subjects according to logics of belonging and rejection according to political values and practices. I take as my point of departure the work of philosopher Peter Hallward on individuation and the formation of groups and communities, from his book Absolutely Postcolonial: Writing Between the Singular and the Specific (2002). I read my textual examples through the terms developed by Hallward, the Singular, the Specified, and the Specific. The Singular describes a way of imagining community identity as a self-creating and self-reinforcing unity where the only members are those who are innate to the singular concept that self-defines it. The Specified refers to a method by which subjects individuated themselves over and against a particular cause or people and thus define themselves by means of this difference. Lastly, the Specific describes a community that is radically indifferent to difference, arguing instead for a form of membership where any subject belongs. My dissertation shows how these three concepts are present in the historical and cultural ideas used by a contemporary generation of thinkers and artists to define the effects of the cultures of dictatorship and post-dictatorship in the Southern Cone. Understanding these concepts helps to elucidate how the cultural discourses during this period were structured and executed in relation to communitarian formation. In short, by reading my Southern Cone case studies through the optic of logics of individuation, I am able to produce a new way of seeing how the region’s intellectuals read the intersections of history, culture, politics, and community in the wake of Latin American dictatorships. / text

[ES] La tesis propone una revisión de la emergencia y evolución del videoarte en Chile entre fines de los setenta y principios de los ochenta. Se enfoca en desentrañar las omisiones, transferencias visuales y las interacciones entre artistas, considerando la influencia de los contextos políticos y culturales. A través de entrevistas y análisis críticos de documentos históricos y vídeos, se busca comprender el papel del video como un medio de expresión y denuncia que refleja las dinámicas en tiempos de dictadura. El estudio abarca la contribución clave del festival de vídeo arte Franco-chileno y examina cómo éste influyó en el desarrollo del video arte en sus inicios en Chile. / [CA] La tesi proposa una revisió de l'emergència i evolució del videoart a Xile entre fins dels setanta i principis dels huitanta. S'enfoca a desentranyar les omissions, transferències visuals i les interaccions entre artistes, considerant la influència dels contextos polítics i culturals. A través d'entrevistes i anàlisis crítiques de documents històrics i vídeos, es busca comprendre el paper del vídeo com un mitjà d'expressió i denúncia que reflectix les dinàmiques en temps de dictadura. L'estudi abasta la contribució clau del festival de vídeo art Franco-xilé i examina com este va influir en el desenvolupament del videoart en els seus inicis a Xile. / [EN] The thesis proposes a review of the rise and evolution of video art in Chile from the late seventies to the early eighties. It focuses on uncovering omissions, visual transfers, and interactions among artists, considering the influence of political and cultural contexts. Through interviews and critical analysis of historical documents and videos, it aims to understand the role of video as a medium of expression and denunciation that reflects the dynamics during times of dictatorship. The study includes the key contribution of the Franco-Chilean video art festival and examines how it influenced the development of video art in its early stages in Chile. / Farriol Gispert, RJ. (2024). Temas, figuras y acciones sobre los orígenes del videoarte en Chile [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/207114