Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation

Autores
Lenton, Diana Isabel; Delrio, Walter Mario; Pérez, Pilar María Victoria; Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto; Nagy, Mariano Ariel; Musante, Marcelo
Año de publicación
2012
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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For more than a century, there has been little discussion of the Argentinean genocide perpetrated against indigenous peoples. As a result, presently a majority of Argentines perceive their identity and society as the outcome of a “European melting pot” process, not the result of genocide. In this view, sixteenth century European colonization of a territory imagined as a “desert” and the expansion of the nation-state by the late 19th Century are the historical processes that account for this melting pot. This article deals with the events and effects of the last period of territorial annexation and subjugation of the indigenous peoples perpetrated by the Argentinean national armed forces between 1876 and 1917, focusing on the state’s genocidal policies and the support from civil society. Paradoxically, these actions as a whole have been named in the hegemonic national history of Argentina’s “Campaigns to the Desert.”1 This formulation and the national narratives it names minimize or deny completely the existence of indigenous peoples in the areas annexed. The aim of this paper is to examine the construction and effects of the genocide of the indigenous population as an event excluded from the national narrative and literally “unthinkable” by average Argentines. In the present, different groups – such as indigenous peoples’ organizations, academic researchers, and alternative media – have started to make visible this genocidal process that is constitutive of the Argentinean nation state. The exposure of the facts of history has generated a growing debate on the historical processes. In this context, a series of specific but related processes of violence and conquest can be identified and described. We term these “genocide-prints,” through which we will consider not only the genocide but also the current debates on reparations to indigenous peoples.
Fil: Lenton, Diana Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Delrio, Walter Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina
Fil: Pérez, Pilar María Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio; Argentina
Fil: Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Nagy, Mariano Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Musante, Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina
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Genocide
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Reparation
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spelling Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on ReparationLenton, Diana IsabelDelrio, Walter MarioPérez, Pilar María VictoriaPapazian, Alexis Esteban RobertoNagy, Mariano ArielMusante, MarceloGenocideArgentinaReparationMonumentshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5For more than a century, there has been little discussion of the Argentinean genocide perpetrated against indigenous peoples. As a result, presently a majority of Argentines perceive their identity and society as the outcome of a “European melting pot” process, not the result of genocide. In this view, sixteenth century European colonization of a territory imagined as a “desert” and the expansion of the nation-state by the late 19th Century are the historical processes that account for this melting pot. This article deals with the events and effects of the last period of territorial annexation and subjugation of the indigenous peoples perpetrated by the Argentinean national armed forces between 1876 and 1917, focusing on the state’s genocidal policies and the support from civil society. Paradoxically, these actions as a whole have been named in the hegemonic national history of Argentina’s “Campaigns to the Desert.”1 This formulation and the national narratives it names minimize or deny completely the existence of indigenous peoples in the areas annexed. The aim of this paper is to examine the construction and effects of the genocide of the indigenous population as an event excluded from the national narrative and literally “unthinkable” by average Argentines. In the present, different groups – such as indigenous peoples’ organizations, academic researchers, and alternative media – have started to make visible this genocidal process that is constitutive of the Argentinean nation state. The exposure of the facts of history has generated a growing debate on the historical processes. In this context, a series of specific but related processes of violence and conquest can be identified and described. We term these “genocide-prints,” through which we will consider not only the genocide but also the current debates on reparations to indigenous peoples.Fil: Lenton, Diana Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Delrio, Walter Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; ArgentinaFil: Pérez, Pilar María Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio; ArgentinaFil: Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Nagy, Mariano Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Musante, Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; ArgentinaWorcester2012-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/197488Lenton, Diana Isabel; Delrio, Walter Mario; Pérez, Pilar María Victoria; Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto; Nagy, Mariano Ariel; et al.; Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation; Worcester; Armenian Review; 53; 1-4; 7-2012; 63-840004-23660004-2366CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:44:24Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/197488instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:44:24.423CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation
title Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation
spellingShingle Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation
Lenton, Diana Isabel
Genocide
Argentina
Reparation
Monuments
title_short Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation
title_full Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation
title_fullStr Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation
title_full_unstemmed Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation
title_sort Constituent Genocide in Argentina: the Question on Reparation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lenton, Diana Isabel
Delrio, Walter Mario
Pérez, Pilar María Victoria
Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto
Nagy, Mariano Ariel
Musante, Marcelo
author Lenton, Diana Isabel
author_facet Lenton, Diana Isabel
Delrio, Walter Mario
Pérez, Pilar María Victoria
Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto
Nagy, Mariano Ariel
Musante, Marcelo
author_role author
author2 Delrio, Walter Mario
Pérez, Pilar María Victoria
Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto
Nagy, Mariano Ariel
Musante, Marcelo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Genocide
Argentina
Reparation
Monuments
topic Genocide
Argentina
Reparation
Monuments
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv For more than a century, there has been little discussion of the Argentinean genocide perpetrated against indigenous peoples. As a result, presently a majority of Argentines perceive their identity and society as the outcome of a “European melting pot” process, not the result of genocide. In this view, sixteenth century European colonization of a territory imagined as a “desert” and the expansion of the nation-state by the late 19th Century are the historical processes that account for this melting pot. This article deals with the events and effects of the last period of territorial annexation and subjugation of the indigenous peoples perpetrated by the Argentinean national armed forces between 1876 and 1917, focusing on the state’s genocidal policies and the support from civil society. Paradoxically, these actions as a whole have been named in the hegemonic national history of Argentina’s “Campaigns to the Desert.”1 This formulation and the national narratives it names minimize or deny completely the existence of indigenous peoples in the areas annexed. The aim of this paper is to examine the construction and effects of the genocide of the indigenous population as an event excluded from the national narrative and literally “unthinkable” by average Argentines. In the present, different groups – such as indigenous peoples’ organizations, academic researchers, and alternative media – have started to make visible this genocidal process that is constitutive of the Argentinean nation state. The exposure of the facts of history has generated a growing debate on the historical processes. In this context, a series of specific but related processes of violence and conquest can be identified and described. We term these “genocide-prints,” through which we will consider not only the genocide but also the current debates on reparations to indigenous peoples.
Fil: Lenton, Diana Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Delrio, Walter Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina
Fil: Pérez, Pilar María Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio; Argentina
Fil: Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Nagy, Mariano Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Musante, Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina
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