Home Institution
University of Puget Sound
Publication Date
Spring 2018
Abstract
A partir del siglo XVIII, ha sido una migración criolla hacia el Delta de Paraná, Argentina, lo que representa una zona de humedal, situada en el delta del río de la Plata. Principalmente a partir del siglo XIX comenzó una serie de procesos para formar lo que se refiere a la “identidad isleño,” lo que implica un estilo fuertemente conectada con los procesos ecosistémicos del humedal, y viviendo de la tierra para la sobrevivencia: actividades que incluyen el junco, la pesca, y el cultivo de frutas entre otros. A partir del fin de los años 50 empezó un proceso de emigración, durante el cual hubo una inundación y empezó a “agotar” este sistema productivo. Surgió un nuevo modelo de producción por el delta, centralizado en empresas más especializadas, llevando a cabo nuevas conflictos y brechas respecto al territorialización en las islas.
Más recientemente en los años 90, empiezo una nueva oleada de inmigración desde la Ciudad de Buenos Aires hacía el delta. Eso está acompañado por un surgimiento en el capital inmobiliario, lo cual ha causado disputas territoriales, especialmente respecto a los llamados “barrios privados.” Quizás lo más llamativo de estos conflictos es lo de “Colony Park S.A.”, lo cual desde su inicio en 2008 hasta hoy aún queda sin resolución.
Está en el contexto de este conflicto que este trabajo trata de explicar la manera en que causó las familias afectadas a organizar colectivamente abajo una idea de ambientalismo popular en apoyo de la “identidad isleña”. Trata de abordar la manera en que se relaciona con otras organizaciones y luchas por el delta, y como usa y cambia las nociones sobre la subjetividad y papel de investigadores y estudiantes universitarias. Al final, identifico algunas maneras en como yo, un estudiante norteamericano, estoy involucrado dentro de estas temas.
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Starting in the 18th century, there has been a creole migration towards the Paraná delta, Argentina, a wetland area situated in the delta of the Río de la Plata. Especially in the beginning of the 19th century, there began a series of processes that led to the formation of the “island identity,” which implied a lifestyle strongly connected to the eco-systemic processes in the wetlands, and living off the land to survive: activities included the harvesting of reeds, fishing, and the harvesting of fruit, among others. During the end of the 1950´s began a process of emigration, during which there was a flood and this system of production began to become “exhausted”. A new form of production began to take place in the delta, centralized in companies with more specialized focuses, bringing forth new conflicts and disagreements with respect to the territorialization in the islands.
More recently in the 1990s, there has begun a new wave of immigration from the city of Buenos Aires towards the delta. This is accompanied by an increase in real-estate capital, something of which has caused territorial disputes, especially with respect to what are referred to as “private neighborhoods” (similar to “gated communities”). Perhaps the most notable of these conflicts is that of “Colony Park S.A.”, of which from the start of the conflict in 2008 until today has remained without resolution.
It is within the context of this conflict in which this paper attempts to explain the way in which it resulted in the affected families organizing collectively within a framework of popular environmentalism in support of the “island identity”. This work tries to explain how this movement relates to other organizations and fights within the delta, and how the organization uses and changes notions regarding the role and subjectivity of university students and researches. In the end, I identify how I, a student from the United States, am implicated within these processes.
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Family, Life Course, and Society | Inequality and Stratification | Latin American Studies | Migration Studies | Organization Development | Place and Environment | Sociology of Culture
Recommended Citation
Kone, Jonah, "Somos todos juncos y Mapuches / We are all reeds and Mapuches" (2018). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2766.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2766
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Community-Based Research Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Latin American Studies Commons, Migration Studies Commons, Organization Development Commons, Place and Environment Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons
Program Name
Argentina: Transnationalism and Comparative Development in South America