Mapuche people and COVID-19. Structural violence that is obvious. The current panorama 2021

Authors

  • Manuel Fuenzalida Departamento de Geografía, Universidad Alberto Hurtado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2022.13.9

Keywords:

COVID-19, Mapuche, Wallmapu

Abstract

This research analyzes the evolution of the pandemic in Wallmapu and if it tends to have a health impact in more vulnerable territories. The data is extracted from the 166th epidemiological report of COVID-19 and for the proxy of the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) 5 variables or social indicators are used from official sources of current information. The k-means method was used to pool the data. After various tests, it was possible to identify 4 groups of communes with a low, medium, high and very high health impact. In the territories where the SDH are more negative or with the absence of the protective factor of rurality, they would explain the worst epidemiological results.

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Published

2022-12-17

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Fuenzalida, M. (2022). Mapuche people and COVID-19. Structural violence that is obvious. The current panorama 2021. Social Conflict Yearbook, (13), e–40706. https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2022.13.9

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No. 13

Section

Yearbook of Social Conflict in Mapuche Territory 2020

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