Sociocultural construction of San Salvador de Jujuy, the symbolic border between Argentina and Bolivia

The city of San Salvador de Jujuy is analyzed both as a border space and as a city space. Through the systematization of local studies, the aim is to consider the historical, political, socioeconomic, migratory and symbolic elements that create the urban border experience. This contribution focuses...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Gaona, Melina
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:México
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
Repository:Repositorio Institucional de la UABCS
Language:Spanish
English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorioinstitucional.uabc.mx:20.500.12930/6879
Online Access:https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/592
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:border spaces
city spaces
senses of a city.
Social Sciences
Demography
Economic growth
development and planning
espacios de frontera
espacios de ciudad
sentidos de ciudad.
Ciencias sociales
Demografía
Crecimiento económico
desarrollo y planificación
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Summary:The city of San Salvador de Jujuy is analyzed both as a border space and as a city space. Through the systematization of local studies, the aim is to consider the historical, political, socioeconomic, migratory and symbolic elements that create the urban border experience. This contribution focuses on reconstructing the city as a network of senses. It deepens our understanding of migratory flows, the recent political situation, the impact of economic inequality on urbanisms, and the relevance of media and ritual acts in the configuration of dominant senses in cities. In addition, the factors that demarcate the difference and local inequality and the process of peripheralization and impoverishment of the soil are examined. Both the recent political conflicts that affect regional disarticulation and the symbolic disputes that cause tension in national belonging against a strong Andean influence are outlined.