ABSTRACT
This chapter is a reflection on the use of poetry and art in children's memory studies. The objective is to value the importance of incorporating the opinions of children and adolescents, whom are often excluded in studies of memory, history, and identity. The use of art and poetry with young people is an expansive exercise. That is, it allows and enables them to use the resources they have on hand to verbalize a particular situation (through poetry) and, on the other hand, have the freedom to express themselves with other media (art) to dialogue in codes and meanings. The chapter incorporates art and poetry as the means of communication. It arises from deep fieldwork conducted to investigate memory and to mine identity in Lota, a region of Biobio, Chile. An informative theoretical talk was carried out analysing resources of visual ethnographies so that the children could understand relevant concepts such as memory, identity, heritage, and representation.
