Between the lines of memory and places: Urban rehabilitation and sustainability in the process of preservation of the material-culture heritage in the city of La Plata/Argentina (1982-2008) (original) (raw)

2017

Abstract

La Plata was planned to become the capital of the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires, in 1882. In the second half of the twentieth century, in line with other capitals in Latin America, the city was wrapped in a process of strong population growth and consequent change in its urban landscape. This generated a heated debate between maintaining the hygienist "ideal city" standard of the late nineteenth century or allowing the progress of the civil construction industry. This research aims to analyse the historical process of preservation of material-cultural heritage of La Plata (1982-2008), taking into account contributions from the field of urban sustainability. As sources of study, in addition to the use of legislative instruments and other written documentation, Oral History is used as essential methodological resource to clarify gaps in written records. With that in mind, the debate about memory and places of memory is quite complex and full of between the lines, the ...

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