HISTORY, NATIONALISM, AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE NORTHERN BORDER OF CHILE

The article analyzes the diachronic presence of nationalist components in the educational system of the northern border of Chile since the installation of the Chilean State in these post-Pacific War territories until current times. From a qualitative perspective, a methodological exercise is presented that includes the use of documentary sources from the period known as Chileanization and ethnographic observation in contemporary classroom contexts (observations, group interviews, and in-depth individual interviews). This demonstrates that nationalism is present in our national education and still uses an assimilationist logic that facilitates the reproduction of forms of discrimination of a nationalistic, racial, and ethnic type.