Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples

Autores
Delrio, Walter Mario; Lenton, Diana Isabel; Musante, Marcelo; Nagy, Mariano Ariel; Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto; Pérez, Pilar María Victoria
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2010
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For a long time the historiographical and anthropological narrative in Argentina contributed to a double assumption that is nowadays strongly grounded in citizens' common sense. On the one hand, the extinction of Indigenous peoples is vaguely dated to a period from the Spanish conquest to the military campaigns known as the “conquest of the desert”; on the other hand, such extinction is simultaneously interpreted as a “natural” process in universal history. Argentine state policies were thus naturalized. It is frequently assumed that this set of natural processes might have left only individual “descendants,” in place of political entities. Therefore, modern Argentine society would be the outcome of a European “melting pot” in which the Indigenous component is absent. We postulate that physical elimination, concentration practices, deportation, enslavement, identity cleansing of children, and cultural destruction constitute mechanisms of homogenization that add up to conceptualizing policies toward Indigenous peoples in Argentina as genocide. Ethnic politics following the military campaigns were based on the assumption of the near-“extinction” of those peoples. Federal and provincial governments constructed their policies on the basis of considering Indigenous peoples as “survivors,” “the final remains of an ending culture,” “the few left,” and so on, omitting to name the causes of that supposed extinction. Our focus in this article is on current cultural policies that announce intercultural, plurality, and diversity goals while at the same time aiming to limit the margins of Indian political autonomy. We propose that this genocidal project is linked inextricably to the constitution and organization of the Argentine national state.
Fil: Delrio, Walter Mario. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lenton, Diana Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Musante, Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Nagy, Mariano Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Pérez, Pilar María Victoria. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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spelling Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native PeoplesDelrio, Walter MarioLenton, Diana IsabelMusante, MarceloNagy, Mariano ArielPapazian, Alexis Esteban RobertoPérez, Pilar María VictoriagenocidioindígenasArgentinaconquistahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6For a long time the historiographical and anthropological narrative in Argentina contributed to a double assumption that is nowadays strongly grounded in citizens' common sense. On the one hand, the extinction of Indigenous peoples is vaguely dated to a period from the Spanish conquest to the military campaigns known as the “conquest of the desert”; on the other hand, such extinction is simultaneously interpreted as a “natural” process in universal history. Argentine state policies were thus naturalized. It is frequently assumed that this set of natural processes might have left only individual “descendants,” in place of political entities. Therefore, modern Argentine society would be the outcome of a European “melting pot” in which the Indigenous component is absent. We postulate that physical elimination, concentration practices, deportation, enslavement, identity cleansing of children, and cultural destruction constitute mechanisms of homogenization that add up to conceptualizing policies toward Indigenous peoples in Argentina as genocide. Ethnic politics following the military campaigns were based on the assumption of the near-“extinction” of those peoples. Federal and provincial governments constructed their policies on the basis of considering Indigenous peoples as “survivors,” “the final remains of an ending culture,” “the few left,” and so on, omitting to name the causes of that supposed extinction. Our focus in this article is on current cultural policies that announce intercultural, plurality, and diversity goals while at the same time aiming to limit the margins of Indian political autonomy. We propose that this genocidal project is linked inextricably to the constitution and organization of the Argentine national state.Fil: Delrio, Walter Mario. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Lenton, Diana Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Musante, Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Nagy, Mariano Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Pérez, Pilar María Victoria. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaInternational Association of Genocide Scholars2010-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/58381Delrio, Walter Mario; Lenton, Diana Isabel; Musante, Marcelo; Nagy, Mariano Ariel; Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto; et al.; Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples; International Association of Genocide Scholars; Genocide Studies and Prevention; 5; 2; 8-2010; 138-1591911-03591911-9933CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3138/gsp.5.2.138info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://utpjournals.press/doi/10.3138/gsp.5.2.138info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:40:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/58381instacron: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:34982025-09-29 09:40:44.308CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples
title Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples
spellingShingle Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples
Delrio, Walter Mario
genocidio
indígenas
Argentina
conquista
title_short Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples
title_full Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples
title_fullStr Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples
title_full_unstemmed Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples
title_sort Discussing Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: Past, Present, and Consequences of Argentinean State Policies toward Native Peoples
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Delrio, Walter Mario
Lenton, Diana Isabel
Musante, Marcelo
Nagy, Mariano Ariel
Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto
Pérez, Pilar María Victoria
author Delrio, Walter Mario
author_facet Delrio, Walter Mario
Lenton, Diana Isabel
Musante, Marcelo
Nagy, Mariano Ariel
Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto
Pérez, Pilar María Victoria
author_role author
author2 Lenton, Diana Isabel
Musante, Marcelo
Nagy, Mariano Ariel
Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto
Pérez, Pilar María Victoria
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv genocidio
indígenas
Argentina
conquista
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indígenas
Argentina
conquista
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv For a long time the historiographical and anthropological narrative in Argentina contributed to a double assumption that is nowadays strongly grounded in citizens' common sense. On the one hand, the extinction of Indigenous peoples is vaguely dated to a period from the Spanish conquest to the military campaigns known as the “conquest of the desert”; on the other hand, such extinction is simultaneously interpreted as a “natural” process in universal history. Argentine state policies were thus naturalized. It is frequently assumed that this set of natural processes might have left only individual “descendants,” in place of political entities. Therefore, modern Argentine society would be the outcome of a European “melting pot” in which the Indigenous component is absent. We postulate that physical elimination, concentration practices, deportation, enslavement, identity cleansing of children, and cultural destruction constitute mechanisms of homogenization that add up to conceptualizing policies toward Indigenous peoples in Argentina as genocide. Ethnic politics following the military campaigns were based on the assumption of the near-“extinction” of those peoples. Federal and provincial governments constructed their policies on the basis of considering Indigenous peoples as “survivors,” “the final remains of an ending culture,” “the few left,” and so on, omitting to name the causes of that supposed extinction. Our focus in this article is on current cultural policies that announce intercultural, plurality, and diversity goals while at the same time aiming to limit the margins of Indian political autonomy. We propose that this genocidal project is linked inextricably to the constitution and organization of the Argentine national state.
Fil: Delrio, Walter Mario. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lenton, Diana Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Musante, Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Nagy, Mariano Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Papazian, Alexis Esteban Roberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Pérez, Pilar María Victoria. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description For a long time the historiographical and anthropological narrative in Argentina contributed to a double assumption that is nowadays strongly grounded in citizens' common sense. On the one hand, the extinction of Indigenous peoples is vaguely dated to a period from the Spanish conquest to the military campaigns known as the “conquest of the desert”; on the other hand, such extinction is simultaneously interpreted as a “natural” process in universal history. Argentine state policies were thus naturalized. It is frequently assumed that this set of natural processes might have left only individual “descendants,” in place of political entities. Therefore, modern Argentine society would be the outcome of a European “melting pot” in which the Indigenous component is absent. We postulate that physical elimination, concentration practices, deportation, enslavement, identity cleansing of children, and cultural destruction constitute mechanisms of homogenization that add up to conceptualizing policies toward Indigenous peoples in Argentina as genocide. Ethnic politics following the military campaigns were based on the assumption of the near-“extinction” of those peoples. Federal and provincial governments constructed their policies on the basis of considering Indigenous peoples as “survivors,” “the final remains of an ending culture,” “the few left,” and so on, omitting to name the causes of that supposed extinction. Our focus in this article is on current cultural policies that announce intercultural, plurality, and diversity goals while at the same time aiming to limit the margins of Indian political autonomy. We propose that this genocidal project is linked inextricably to the constitution and organization of the Argentine national state.
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