Katherine is interested in addressing the question of how a society or community is reflected through the city it inhabits, for which her research links urban and architectural history through a cultural history approach. As a researcher at the Centro de Estudios del Patrimonio she has coordinated the following projects: “Register of the Movable Heritage of the Archbishop of Santiago” (2014-2016); “Art Déco Architecture in Santiago” (2015-2016); “The Magellan Strait in History. A Discovery Cartography” (2017-2018); and also participated in the “Register of the Archive, Personal Library, and Heritage Objects of Ignacio Domeyko” (2015-2016).
She also participated as a junior researcher in the project “Italian models in the renovation of sacred spaces in Chile during the 19th century. Valuation of a significant cultural heritage” (2018-2020), funded by the Chilean and Italian governments, which aimed to determine not only Roman religious art influence in the modernisation of the Chilean Church in the nineteenth century but also the translations and appropriations of cultural values, materials, and discourses during the process.
Publications
Journal papers
“The 1875 Palacio de la Exposición in Santiago: A cosmopolitan arena for positioning the nation”, co-author Marcela Drien. Nineteenth Century Contexts, vol. 43, Nº1: 97-116 (published online: 28 Dec 2020).
“La Transformación de Santiago: un caso frustrado de intervención urbana a gran escala, 1872-1929”, EURE, vol. 45, nº 34 (January, 2019): 213-135.
“Usos y apropiaciones del espacio urbano en Santiago de Chile: la transformación de La Cañada en Alameda de las Delicias”, Bifurcaciones, nº 19 (2015): 1-9.
“Proyección y realidad: el Paseo de Santa Lucía a través de la percepción pública y la impresión deextranjeros”, Revista Intus-Legere, Vol. 6, Nº1 (2012): 83-104.
