Abstract

CATTANEO, Constanza. “Disappeared colonies”: the socio-territorial impact of violence in the rural area of the province of Tucumán (1975-1983). Folia [online]. 2022, n.45, pp.151-172. ISSN 0325-8238.  http://dx.doi.org/10.30972/fhn.0456303.

During the 1970s, political repression in the province of Tucumán (Argentina) was exacerbated in 1975, due to the start of the counterinsurgency operation known as “Operativo Independencia”, and later during the last civic-military dictatorship. In this article, I will address the spatial reconfiguration of the sugar colonies of the former Ingenio Santa Lucía during this period. Analyses on violence in space about this period have increased in recent decades, regarding issues such as the "emergency villages", historical towns, and the new military towns (Strategic Villages), among others. Through an intersection of ethnographic work, analysis of historical aerial photographs, and prospecting and surveys in the old sites, I will analyze the impact of political repression in three particular cases. This article aims to to contribute to an understanding of the initial periods of repression in rural area as well as to promote the incorporation of other memories such as that of the peasant settlers.

Keywords : Sugar Colonies; Military Dictatorship; Peasant Memories; Forced Displacement.

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