LINGUISTIC-CULTURAL MEDIATION IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS OF ARAUCANIA
LINGUISTIC-CULTURAL MEDIATION IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS OF ARAUCANIA
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Le Bonniec, Fabien
Nahuelcheo Queupucura, Pamela
Nahuelcheo Queupucura, Pamela
Profesor GuĆa
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10.2436/rld.i67.2017.2846
REVISTA DE LLENGUA I DRET-JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LAW,Vol.,279-293,2017
REVISTA DE LLENGUA I DRET-JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LAW,Vol.,279-293,2017
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Materia geogrƔfica
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Abstract
The aim of this article is to understand the current occupation of intercultural facilitators in the criminal courts of the region of Araucania, from a socio-legal perspective, but also on the basis of the ethnographic work carried out in these courts. We highlight the role of the intercultural facilitators as linguistic mediators (translator-interpreter) but above all as cultural mediators in the age of the difference policies, granting this actor a fundamental role - that of a bridge that is not always recognised by the courts as we will see in two cases. Accordingly, the invisible work carried out by the intercultural facilitators implies several ethical-political challenges, not just within the framework of the contemporary debates on legal pluralism, but also in a broader sense centred around the recognition of cultural diversity in Chile.