LOS ORÍGENES DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DISCURSIVA DEL TERRITORIO DE AISÉN POR PARTE DEL ESTADO DE CHILE (1818-1929)

This article examines the historical relation between the territory of Aysén and the National government, analyzing both the origins of a particular discursive representation implemented by the authorities of the country and the way this would shape their actions in this zone. Based on this, we raise the hypothesis that the Chilean government would perform such discursive representation in two main stages: The first stage emerges from the various river expeditions and the information they provide since the beginning of the republican era and until the late nineteenth century; and the second stage is marked by the construction and expansion of a discursive representation on Aysén which is implicit in the state’s actions and dictums. It can be said that the meaning given to Aysén -and the features assigned to it (usually negative) - become a historical constant.