[4] When Burga returned to Peru after her studies in Chicago, the country was under the military government of general Juan Velasco Alvarado.

Under the populist policies of the regime, Burga's experimental proposals were deemed as not possessing enough "Peruvian character," and the artist's exhibition possibilities—severely limited.

[5] Nonetheless, she realized two ambitious, large-scale multimedia installations at the gallery of Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte-americano in Lima: Autorretrato.

According to the Mexican curator Tatiana Cuevas, Burga's most iconic work is the project Perfil de la mujer peruana (Profile of the Peruvian Woman), created with psychologist Marie-France Cathelat during 1980–1981.

[6][7] This multidisciplinary investigation sought to analyze the status of women in Peru taking into account their affective, psychological, sexual, social, educational, cultural, linguistic, religious, professional, economic, political, and legal characteristics and circumstances, and is an example of the second-wave feminism in Latin America.

Interestingly enough, the politics of some of those computerized systems were already present in Burga’s artistic explorations associated with representation and control mechanisms through the organization and management of personal information.

Interestingly enough, the politics of some of those computerized systems were already present in Burga’s artistic explorations associated with representation and control mechanisms through the organization and management of personal information.