Antiquity of the Rı́o de la Plata craton in Tandilia, southern Buenos Aires province, Argentina

This paper reflects on the precautions to be taken into account when addressing the study, from the point of view of the social sciences, of cultures and communities. This is done through ethnographic research in a neighbourhood (barrio) of migrants from an indigenous community in the province of Chaco, in northern Argentina, who have migrated to the city of La Plata (in Buenos Aires province) and have settled on its periphery. The article starts from the idea that ethnicity comes into play, situationally, as a resource rather than as a distinct and immutable feature. Even when it is necessary to describe how notions like culture and ethnicity act in practice and what meaning they have for the actors, social researchers should not historicize them in the specific contexts in which they are brought into play.Keywords: culture, ethnicity, indigenous community, ethnography, ArgentinaRésumé: Cet article met en évidence les précautions et les enjeux à prendre en considération en sciences sociales lorsque l’on aborde les questions culturelles dans les communautés. Cet article met en évidence un travail de terrain de type ethnographique dans un quartier (barrio) de La Plata (province de Buenor Aires) où se trouve une forte concentration de population migrante d’autochtones en provenance de la province de Chaco, dans le nord de l’Argentine. Plutôt que d’approcher l’ethnicité dans une perspective essentialiste et d’en faire une caractéristique immuable de l’identité, cet article s’inspire d’une approche relationnelle. Plutôt que de tenter de figer le sens de notions telles « ethnicité » ou «culture », cet article met en evidence l’importance de reconstruire le sens de ces notions à partir des données contextuelles et du sens qu’elles revêtent pour les acteurs.Mots clé: culture, ethnicité, communauté indigene, ethnographie, Argentine

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The Service of William A. Harris at Buenos Aires 1846–1851

The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History ◽

10.2307/979523 ◽

1960 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 251-269

Author(s):

William Dusenberry

Keyword(s):

Buenos Aires ◽

The United States ◽

Buenos Aires Province ◽

Rio De La Plata ◽

Critical Periods ◽

Río De La Plata ◽

Entire Area ◽

La Plata ◽

The Government ◽

Argentine History

William A. Harris ably served the United States as chargé d'affaires at Buenos Aires from June, 1846, until October, 1851, during one of the most critical periods in Argentine history. When he went to his post of duty, Argentina was suffering both from external and internal strife. France and England had intervened in affairs in the Río de la Plata, and had blockaded the coast. Relations between Argentina and two of her neighbors, Paraguay and Brazil, were strained. The government of Buenos Aires was fomenting civil war in Uruguay. There was mounting tension between Buenos Aires and the back country provinces. Public discontent prevailed within Buenos Aires Province. Foreign nationals residing there became increasingly apprehensive about the future of their business enterprises. The heavy hand of the violent caudillo, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Governor of Buenos Aires Province, was felt throughout the entire area of the Río de la Plata. His position was so strong that in most respects he controlled affairs of the whole Argentine Confederation, comprising fourteen provinces.

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Innovación productiva para el desarrollo local: redes, actores y procesos en la sociedad de la información / Innovación Productiva para el Desarrollo locales: Redes, Procesos y Actores en la sociedad de la informacion

Revista Internacional de Tecnología, Ciencia y Sociedad ◽

10.37467/gka-revtechno.v6.574 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Susana Finquelievich ◽

Patricio Julián Feldman ◽

Ulises Girolimo

Keyword(s):

Information Society ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

Local Development ◽

Knowledge Networks ◽

Buenos Aires Province ◽

La Plata ◽

The Relationship ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Innovation Processes

ABSTRACTThe research describes the advance of two research projects: PIP 2013-2015 “Innovation and cities in Information Society: processes, stakeholders and outcomes in three cities of Buenos Aires Province” and the PICT 2015-2018 “Local Development and Productive Innovation in Information Society”, both coordinated by Dr. Finquelievich. Their main objective is to analyse the relationship between cities and ICT-based socio-technical innovation processes. Medium-sized cities have become important agents in national innovation systems due to their potential to generate knowledge networks among key players. We have chosen three cities in Buenos Aires Province: Bahía Blanca, Tandil and La Plata. A qualitative methodology has been used, utilizing in-depth interviews to key informants.RESUMENEl trabajo describe los avances de los proyectos PIP 2013-2015 “Innovación y ciudades en la Sociedad de la Información: procesos, actores y resultados en tres ciudades de la provincia de Buenos Aires” y el PICT 2015-2018 “Desarrollo local e innovación productiva en la Sociedad de la información”, dirigidos por la Dra. Finquelievich, en los que se analizan las relaciones entre las ciudades y los procesos de innovación socio-tecnológica centrados en las TIC.Las ciudades intermedias están cobrando importancia en los sistemas nacionales de innovación por sus potencialidades para generar redes de conocimiento entre los actores clave. Se seleccionaron los casos de Bahía Blanca, La Plata y Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.Se empleó una metodología cualitativa, mediante el uso de entrevistas en profundidad a informantes clave que permitieron caracterizar la estructura de redes de innovación multiactorales en las ciudades estudiadas y su relación con los procesos de innovación socio-tecnológica.

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Cattle Raising in the Argentine Northeast: Corrientes,c.1750–1870

Journal of Latin American Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022216x00003011 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 313-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Thomas Whigham

Keyword(s):

Buenos Aires ◽

Late Nineteenth Century ◽

Buenos Aires Province ◽

Rio De La Plata ◽

External Trade ◽

Río De La Plata ◽

Cattle Industry ◽

La Plata ◽

Refrigerated Transport ◽

Independence Era

Though Argentina has long been synonymous with trackless pampas and teeming livestock herds, this common image requires some qualification. Before the late nineteenth century, when refrigerated transport made possible a large international market for Argentine beef, cattle played a less important role in the economy of the Río de la Plata than is usually assumed. Except for Buenos Aires province, where stockraising was predominant even in the colonial period, ranchers often had to struggle hard and insistently to find their niche in the overall commerce of the region. Grazing conditions were excellent in many areas of the Río de la Plata, but because the port of Buenos Aires always enjoyed a near-exclusive control over external trade, theporteñoseffectively blunted the development of any stockraising that threatened to compete with their own exports. In the northeastern provinces, this resulted in a cattle industry marked by technological backwardness and erratic growth. The chaotic politics of the post-independence era reinforced these conditions, though reform-minded ranchers and government officials consistently tried to improve provincial standards of stockraising.

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First record of Cecilioides acicula (Müller, 1774) (Mollusca: Ferussaciidae), from Buenos Aires province, Argentina

Check List ◽

10.15560/13.2.2096 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 2096 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ana C. Díaz ◽

Stella Maris Martín ◽

Roxana Mariani ◽

Graciela L. Varela

Keyword(s):

Introduced Species ◽

Human Activity ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

First Record ◽

Skeletal Remains ◽

Palaearctic Region ◽

Buenos Aires Province ◽

La Plata ◽

La Plata City

Cecilioides acicula (Müller, 1774), family Ferussaciidae, is native to the Palaearctic region but has been dispersed around the word by human activity. Here, we report the presence of this introduced species in La Plata city, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. This snail is largely subterranean and frequently is found in old graves in association with skeletal remains. Our samples were collected from sediments from the Municipal Cemetery of La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

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Actinopterygii, Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypostomus aspilogaster (Cope, 1894). Distribution extension and first record for Argentina

Check List ◽

10.15560/7.5.596 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 7 (5) ◽

pp. 596 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yamila P. Cardoso ◽

Florencia Brancolini ◽

Lucila Protogino ◽

Marta Lizarralde

Keyword(s):

Buenos Aires ◽

First Record ◽

Buenos Aires Province ◽

Rio De La Plata ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Río De La Plata ◽

La Plata ◽

La Plata Basin ◽

Entre Rios ◽

Uruguay River

The present work extends to Argentina the distribution of Hypostomus aspilogaster originally described from Uruguay River in southern Brazil. The examined specimens were sampled in the stream Mandisoví Grande, affluent of Uruguay River in Entre Ríos province, and in Punta Lara, from Río de la Plata basin, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. This represents the first country record for this species.

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Stranded humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in Paraná River Delta, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Comments on the occurrence of marine mammals in the La Plata River Basin

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.01 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Sergio O. Lucero ◽

María Constanza Gariboldi ◽

Valeria Bauni ◽

Juan Manuel Meluso ◽

Daniela Del Castillo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Marine Mammals ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

Humpback Whale ◽

Paraná River ◽

Megaptera Novaeangliae ◽

River Delta ◽

Buenos Aires Province ◽

La Plata ◽

Parana River

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is distributed among most oceans and seas of the globe (except Mediterranean Sea). These whales migrate from feeding regions in the Antarctic waters to breeding areas in tropical and subtropical seas. Here we report the stranding of a female young humpback whale, which was founded dead in the vicinity of the Talavera Island, in the Paraná River Delta, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. From the analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequences, two novel haplotypes were found, totalizing four haplotypes described for the species. In the La Plata River Basin this species was found only twice at the end of the XIX century. Thus, the new finding constitutes an important addition to the list of cetaceans that occurs in Uruguay, Paraná and La Plata Rivers.

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