Anthropologically oriented research in Chile during the civil-military dictatorship (1973-1990). Scientometric analysis of the scientific production published in national academic journals

Abstract

The structure of the field of scientific production was analyzed through anthropologically oriented publications in Chile during the civil-military dictatorship. This production had not been systematically analyzed, therefore, to investigate this period is relevant, due to the impact that this regime had on universities and scientific institutions. The methodological approach combined archival work, content analysis and scientometric analysis. A total of 319 articles published in 25 national academic journals between 1974-1990 were analyzed. The results show that anthropologically oriented research continued to develop during the dictatorship in various institutions throughout the country, distinguishing between a stage of “destructuring” (1974-1982), defined by the disappearance of journals and a decrease in the volume of production, and another of “restructuring” (1983-1990), marked by a substantial increase in the volume of production and the creation or re-edition of journals, a process that involved the incorporation of new research topics.