El contexto como punto de partida y de llegada. Miradas en torno a la historia reciente en una institución educativa del municipio de San Miguel

• Main Author: Yésica Alejandra Billán
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional del Litoral 2017-04-01
• Series: Clio y Asociados
• Subjects: recent history; school culture; transmission; memories; places
• Online Access: https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/ClioyAsociados/article/view/6519/9463

The objective of this article is to looking for the relationship between the context of a city and the usual practices that teachers use to explain the recent History. For that, it presents the case study of an educational institution of secondary level (high school) of Buenos Aires province, next to the Campo de Mayo's Military Barrack, and the protagonism of the students that come with this cultural work produced to the community. First, the article considers the contributions of high school culture to frame the dissemination of recent history. Continuing, it provides the context in which is inserted the High School, and the looks that different actors bring about the institutional project named ‘30 years of democracy’. Finally, it outlines some reflections on everyday school practices and inventions that, taking into consideration the institutional commitment, faculty, students and the community, can generate new cultural products returning to the community.