LA HABILITACIÓN EN EL ESPACIO PESQUERO-ARTESANAL CHILENO. PERSISTENCIAS Y VARIACIONES ESTRUCTURALES DE LA INTERMEDIACIÓN ECONÓMICA

Defined as the participation of an investor in the artisanal fisherman 's activities by advancing capital for the purchase of consumables and equipment against a share of the proceeds, enablement (habilitación) is considered to be a basic form of structuring; its spatial-temporal expressions are variations of economic intermediation based on indebtedness. The main historical background of the coastal regions comes from documents and research carried out in the area of Chiloé and Aisén regarding the migrations of sea-lion hunters, lumberjacks, and shellfish collectors to the south of Chile in the 19th and 20th centuries. The analysis reveals the origins of and changes in the enablement model as a persistent expression of economic intermediation in today's artisanal fishing partnerships. Nuestros registros de campo indican que la habilitación ya era patente en las primeras décadas del siglo XX, sin embargo, y a partir de las evidencias bibliográficas, proponemos que esta dinámica relacional data al menos desde tiempos coloniales1.