Frontiers, territoriality and tensions in bordering spaces

The expansión of the agricultural frontier in the Argentine pampas implied a re-valuation of "bordering" spaces, which were considered "marginal" by capital. This paper aims at interpreting the socio-territorial impact -from both a material and a symbolic level- being caused by t...

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Main Author: María Eugenia Comerci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de La Plata 2012-01-01
Series:Geograficando
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Online Access:http://www.geograficando.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/3570
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Summary:The expansión of the agricultural frontier in the Argentine pampas implied a re-valuation of "bordering" spaces, which were considered "marginal" by capital. This paper aims at interpreting the socio-territorial impact -from both a material and a symbolic level- being caused by the expansión of the productive, business-profile [agricultural and oil] frontier in the center-west of the province of La Pampa. With the interpretative approach provided by qualitative methodologies, we intend to analyze -in a case study- how these frontier expansión processes altered and re-defined the social arena between the years 2000 and 2010, the social construction of the space and the power relations in Chos Malal
ISSN:2346-898X