Julieta Brodsky
Julieta Brodsky | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage | |
| In office 11 March 2022 – 10 March 2023 | |
| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Consuelo Valdés |
| Succeeded by | Jaime de Aguirre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1983 |
| Party | Social Convergence |
| Parent(s) | Pablo Brodsky Paula Hernández |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Anthropologist |
Julieta Brodsky Hernández (born 10 October 1983) is a Chilean politician and anthropologist who has served as the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage since 2022.[1][2][3]
Biography
She is the daughter of Pablo Augusto Brodsky and Paula Hernández Solimano. On her mother’s side, she is the granddaughter of journalist Luis Hernández Parker, and the granddaughter of painter Manuel Solimano Rebutti, a friend of Pablo Neruda. She is the niece of Ricardo Brodsky, former director of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, and of writer Roberto Brodsky, and the cousin of Varinia Brodsky, current director of the National Museum of Fine Arts.
She spent her childhood in the town of Tongoy, in the Coquimbo Region.[4]
She studied social and cultural anthropology at the University of Granada in Spain, and completed postgraduate studies toward a master's degree in urban anthropology at the Academy of Christian Humanism University. In addition, she holds a postgraduate diploma in the promotion and management of cultural rights.
Professional career
Since 2011, she has served as director of research at the Observatory of Cultural Policies (OPC). She is also a partner of the cultural association Tramados.[5]
She served as coordinator of the Socio-Family Integration Programme of FOSIS at SENDA between 2011 and 2012; as delegate of the Observatory of Cultural Policies in the Trama programme of the Network of Cultural Workers from 2014 to 2017; and as a researcher and content developer at the Cultural Corporation Tramados between 2017 and 2019. In 2018, she completed a postgraduate diploma in the promotion and management of cultural rights at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.[6]
Research
Brodsky is a co-author of several studies published in the cultural field, including The Cultural Worker Landscape in Chile,[7] The Role of Public Policies in the Labour Conditions of Musicians in Chile,[8] and How Is Theatre Sustained in Chile?. She also authored the document Agenda Trama: Recommendations for the Development of the Arts in Chile.
Political career
She was a member of the political party Social Convergence —now part of the Broad Front— and an active participant in its Cultural Front.
On 21 January 2022, she was appointed Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage during the government of Gabriel Boric. She assumed office on 11 March 2022 and served until 10 March 2023, when she was replaced by Jaime de Aguirre.
In February 2024, she assumed the position of director of the Cultural Corporation of Peñalolén, within the Municipality of Peñalolén.[9]
She has been a strong critic of the government of Sebastián Piñera, whom she accused of failing to prioritise the cultural agenda during his administration.[6]
References
- ^ "La antropóloga Julieta Brodsky asumirá en el Ministerio de las Culturas". El Mostrador. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "El mundo de las artes califica como esperanzador el nombramiento de Julieta Brodsky como Ministra de las Culturas". Radio Universidad de Chile. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Julieta Brodsky asume como ministra de Cultura, las Artes y el Patrimonio". Radio Universidad Pauta. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Julieta Brodsky leaves the Ministry of Cultures". Radio Pauta 100.5 (in Spanish). 10 March 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Who is Julieta Brodsky Hernández, the anthropologist who will head the Ministry of Cultures". BioBioChile (in Spanish). 21 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Who is Julieta Brodsky, Boric's chosen Minister of Culture, who criticised Israel on Twitter". Infobae (in Spanish). 21 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Brodsky, Julieta (October 2014). El escenario del trabajador cultural en Chile (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Karmy, Eileen; Brodsky, Julieta (2014). El papel de las políticas públicas en las condiciones laborales de los músicos en Chile (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "The new controversy surrounding Julieta Brodsky". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 3 February 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.