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Urban Design and Landscape, DU&P, ISSN 0717 – 9758, is an electronic publication of the Center for Architectural, Urban and Landscape Studies CEAUP, situated in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. It is included in the record of periodic publications of Universidad Central de Chile. Published biannually in Spanish, in electronic pdf format (Portable Document Format). It has endured uninterruptedly since its inception in April 2005, and it is freely accessible on the World Wide Web at the site http://dup.ucentral.cl/. Editorial guidelines are available on the journal's website.

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• Walter Imilan

Comité editorial n° 49 especial

• Luis Alegría Licuime
• Simón Castillo Fernendez
• Marco Valencia Palacios

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• Dra. Virginia Arnet. Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad de Alcalá, España.
• Dr. Javier Figueroa. Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Universidad Central de Chile.
• Dra. Ximena Galleguillos. Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile.
• Mg. Griselda García. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina.
• Dr. José Hayakawua. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Perú.
• Profesor Martin Hoelscher. University of Applied Sciences and Art, Suiza.
• Dr. Walter Imilan. Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Universidad Central de Chile.
• Mg. Alberto Nanclares. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
• Dr. Zysman Neiman. Universidad Federal de São Paulo, Brasil.
• Profesor Pere Sala i Martí. Observatorio del Paisaje de Cataluña, España.
• Dr. Lucas Períes. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
• Mg. Alfonso Raposo. Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Universidad Central de Chile.
• Dr. Mario Sobarzo. Departamento de Filosofía, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
• Dr. Jorge Vergara. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.
• Dra. Ana María Wegmann. Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Universidad Central de Chile.

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Cover photo description: A photo taken on April 20, 2024, during the "Other Methodologies" gathering, which explored the territorial transformations of the Colina commune associated with extractivism. The photo shows a wall of earth that separates opposing realities of the city, as a material expression of territorial fragmentation. The event was led by Sergio Iriarte and Gabriela Salinas, who appear in the photograph, along with other members of the NGO Investiga Colina.

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Presentation No. 49

Research and management of Funerary Heritage

Issue number 49 of DU&P, Journal of Urban Design and Landscape, is entirely dedicated to a field of study that, although historically neglected, has gained increasing relevance in recent decades: the research and management of funerary heritage. This special edition is a direct result of the National Colloquium on Funerary Heritage Management, held on October 8th and 9th, 2025, in Santiago and Valparaíso, at Universidad Central de Chile and Universidad de Valparaíso, respectively, within the framework of Fondecyt Regular Grant No. 1241421: Diagnosis of the state of conservation and enhancement of Chilean funerary heritage. The convergence of academic research, management experiences, and institutional debates that characterized the colloquium is now reflected in this volume, which seeks to establish a more permanent editorial space for interdisciplinary reflection on cemeteries as cultural landscapes, urban archives, and territories of memory.

Since the late 20th century, cemeteries have begun to be recognized as heritage assets of high historical, artistic, and architectural value. Within the context of modern cemetery parks, a critical analysis has emerged regarding the sites of a more distant past. In particular, Nineteenth-century necropolises have been the subject of renewed attention that highlights their formal singularity, the richness of their sculptural repertoires, and the symbolic density of their layouts (Ramírez et al., 2020). This process is linked to the expansion of the heritage field to include objects and practices previously considered marginal, a phenomenon widely discussed in recent literature on emerging heritage (Alegría & Valencia, 2024).

However, this recognition has not always been accompanied by sustainable conservation policies or adequate management frameworks. In Chile, as in much of Latin America, heritage cemeteries face complex challenges: material deterioration, urban pressures, funding shortages, tensions between contemporary uses and historical values, and a fragmented institutional framework that hinders long-term planning (Valencia, 2023). Situated at the intersection of safeguarding heritage and the urgent need for resources, cemeteries in different regions of the country strive to protect and promote their tangible and intangible values. This special issue focuses precisely on this intersection of heritage valuation, applied research, and public management.

The section "Research on Funerary Heritage" opens the volume with three contributions that illuminate the field's territorial and thematic breadth. Carolina Miranda San Martín's article, dedicated to the funerary heritage of Viña del Mar, examines management and conservation processes in a city where cemeteries are closely linked to urban expansion and the construction of local identities. Her analysis reveals how municipal policies, community practices, and transformations of the urban landscape influence the preservation of these sites. Next, Pía Santibáñez Bórquez offers a descriptive study of the cemeteries of the Chiloé archipelago, a territory where funerary practices acquire a unique cultural depth. Her research documents typologies, materials, symbolism, and spatial configurations that reveal a particular relationship between community, landscape, and death. This work underscores the need for situated approaches that recognize the country's funerary diversity, an aspect that recent literature has highlighted as central to understanding heritage processes in local contexts.

The third article in this section, by Raúl Olguín Hevia, addresses the presence of Freemasonry in funerary heritage through the case of the Caldera Secular Cemetery. His proposed interpretive framework allows us to understand how Masonic symbols, rituals, and narratives are inscribed within the funerary space, offering keys for its heritage analysis and for the design of cultural mediation strategies. This approach, which articulates history, architecture, and memory studies, opens new possibilities for the interpretation of secular and dissident cemeteries in Chile.

The Funerary Heritage Management section brings together three experiences that directly address the contemporary challenges of managing heritage cemeteries. In her article, Paula Parada García reflects on the challenges of valuing funerary heritage, highlighting the need for diagnostic tools, conservation guidelines, and management models that integrate community participation, financial sustainability, and technical intervention criteria. Her analysis is part of a broader debate on heritage governance and the urgent need for coherent public policies for these spaces.

For their part, Carlos León Heredia and Armando Cartes Montory present a review of the heritage management of the General Cemetery of Concepción between 2013 and 2025, a period marked by significant advances in research, cataloging, restoration, and cultural activation. Their study shows how collaboration between academia, the municipality, and citizen organizations can generate sustained conservation processes, even in complex institutional contexts. This case serves as a reference for other cities seeking to strengthen the management of their historic cemeteries, especially in a scenario where emerging heritage sites require new forms of governance. Finally, Eduardo Montemiuño offers an international perspective with his analysis of twelve years of cultural management at the British Cemetery in Montevideo. His experience demonstrates how heritage activation, cultural programming, and the integration of the cemetery into the urban fabric can transform the social perception of these spaces, consolidating them as places of active memory and civic engagement. The inclusion of this Latin American case enriches the issue by placing the Chilean debates within a broader regional context.

Taken together, the articles in this special issue reveal a current period of significant productivity and maturity in the field of research and management of funerary heritage. The diversity of approaches—ranging from territorial studies and historical analyses to management proposals and cultural activation initiatives—demonstrates the consolidation of an interdisciplinary field that recognizes cemeteries not only for their heritage value but also for their potential as spaces for reflection on memory, identity, and the contemporary city.

This volume reaffirms DU&P's commitment to disseminating research that connects theory, practice, and territory. In a context where debates about heritage are intertwined with discussions about relevance, sustainability, spatial justice, citizen participation, and cultural rights, cemeteries emerge as privileged settings for critically reflecting on the future of our cities. Their study allows us to examine how we remember and forget, how inequalities materialize in urban space, and what role death plays in the construction of the public sphere. The 2025 National Colloquium on Funerary Heritage Management, of which this issue is a direct result, demonstrated the importance of strengthening collaborative networks among researchers, public institutions, municipalities, administrations, and communities. This is a central objective of the ongoing Fondecyt project, which successfully established a partnership with the Chilean Network for the Assessment and Management of Heritage Cemeteries and the Friends of Cemeteries Association. This special issue seeks to extend this dialogue, offering an editorial space that contributes to the consolidation of an academic community committed to the protection, management, and enhancement of funerary heritage in Chile and Latin America.

Alegría, L.; Valencia, M. (Eds.) (2024). Patrimonios emergentes en Chile contemporáneo. Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural.

Ramírez, M; Rodríguez, J. (eds) (2020). Cementerios, patrimonio y turismo. Una visión multidisciplinar. Madrid: Síntesis.

Valencia, M. (2023). Gestión del patrimonio funerario: Factores determinantes en el caso del Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile. Sophia Austral, 27, 1–20.

This special issue of Urban Design and Landscape has been prepared by a guest editorial team, comprised of researchers from Fondecyt Regular Project No. 1241421, Diagnosis of the state of conservation and enhancement of Chilean funerary heritage. The special editorial committee is made up of:

Dr. Marco A. Valencia Palacios Principal Investigator of Fondecyt Regular Project No. 1241421 Universidad Central de Chile

Dr. Luis Alegría Licuime Co-investigator of Fondecyt Regular project No. 1241421 Universidad de Valparaíso - National Cultural Heritage Service

Dr. Simón Castillo Fernández Co-investigator of Fondecyt Regular project No. 1241421 Universidad Central de Chile

Additionally, this issue includes CEAUP NEWS and PUBLICATION REVIEW sections.