Estado chileno y comunidad indígena. Presión y conflicto sobre tierras de uso colectivo en el espacio precordillerano de Arica: Putre 1880-1935

This article studies the pressure and conflict processes concerning collective spaces associated with settled communities in Putre (foothills zone of Arica). Starting from documentation of diverse national, regional and local files, we review the conflict elements of the implementation of liberal politics boosted by the Chilean State after the annexation post War of the Pacific (1880) until the consolidation of the territory now considered private property of the Chilean State (1935). We also examine the processes of control over territorial space based on the constitution of private property and the incorporation of the fiscal system registry, as well as the reactions provoked in the citizens and indigenous population about these influences. We give emphasis to the capacity for reaction, and the use and performative interpretation of state politics in the use and ownership of community spaces.