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This paper contributes to a growing field of studies on the Chilean police force by following the cuerpos de serenos (Watchmen Corps) that operated during the nineteenth century. It suggests that they represent the first expression of a permanent public police force in the country, related to law enforcement and the protection of property and lives. Together with rebuilding the institutional history of the corps -based on ministerial, governance and municipality archives and press sources- this paper provides insights into the development of a social history of police forces by analyzing the daily tasks of these night-time guards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the findings of a study conducted in 2016 at the Archivo Nacional Histórico de Chile, aimed at exploring the experience of users in accessing records preserved by the institution. The study sought to characterise and understand the experiences of in situ onsite consultations of documents and to identify their needs and the most significant elements for their satisfaction, using focus groups and surveys as research techniques. The paper presents findings in the areas of user experience, needs, and satisfaction, and identifies the most relevant aspects in the overall experience of participating users: infrastructure and equipment; service conditions and procedures; finding aids systems, and role of archival reference personnel. The article also reflects the use of mixed research techniques to better represent and understand the diversity of archives users and their experiences. Finally, it presents recommendations for the study of users of the Archivo Nacional Histórico de Chile and future research suggestions that may contribute to the knowledge of users of archives in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a reply to the article by Sergio Villalobos entitled "Bolivia y el mar" that appeared in Cuadernos de Historia N° 28. It deals with the colonial boundaries between the Charcas Audience and Chile, from legal, historical, and documentary viewpoints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the arrival of the early Sephardim during the Colony, the Jewish community has faced many challenges, being judeophobia the most persistent and dangerous. This judeophobia has come from many fronts, especially from the far right and its Nazi wing. During the eighties of the last century the major figures of the Chilean judeophobia of far right changed: coinciding with the fall of Franz Pfeiffer's WUNS brand, the figure of Miguel Serrano raised as the most important Chilean Nazi and judeophobic thinker in Spanish language. In this paper we will analyze the judeophobic books of this period, with emphasis on his main contributions to the judeophobic discourse of the far right in Spanish language, and we will finish with a reflection about the operation of his judeophobia from a semiotic point of view. We think that when we do it, we are contributing to the study and to break down the discourses of the present far right groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]