Analytical approaches to disasters: the Chilean experience from anthropology.

Abstract

This article aims to describe the experience in research on the impact of natural threats in Chile, in the context of the development of studies from the so-called Anthropology of disasters in the country. The aim is to identify the prevailing trends, the theoretical and methodological contributions, and relevant debates in this area. For this purpose, various bibliographic sources have been used, including scientific articles, books, book chapters and communications in different areas of scientific dissemination. The main results indicate that this field of study in Chile is still in the process of consolidation and lacks a clearly delimited line, being the main contributions from areas such as medical, death and/or social anthropology; in conjunction with other fields such as history and environmental history.