CENTRE for LATIN AMERICAN
RESEARCH and DOCUMENTATION

SPEAKER: Katia Chornik, University of Cambridge
DATE: 10 April 2026
TIME: 15:30-17:00
VENUE:  VOX-POP, Binnengasthuisstraat 9, ground floor. 1012 ZA Amsterdam

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​​​Over 1,000 political imprisonment and torture centres existed across Chile during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973–1990). Music was often present in those centres, both as a response to, and in conjunction with, human rights violations. In her new book Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile (Oxford University Press, 2025), Chornik explores the intersections between music, politics, memory, and human rights, discussing a broad range of music experiences and repertoire, and how these are remembered, preserved, and disseminated decades later.