Shantytowns, housing and state order: the Plan de Emergencia in 1950s Argentina
Adriana Massidda, De Montfort University (UK)
Awards RIBA President s Awards for Research 2020
Category History and Theory
Aerial view of Barrio Derqui, one of the neighbourhoods built as part of the Plan de Emergencia, shortly before its opening. Buenos Aires, Tres de Febrero district, 1958. Banco Hipotecario Nacional, Plan de Emergencia
In September 1955, in Argentina a coup d état backed by a heterogeneous coalition of military and civil actors overthrew the elected government of Juan Domingo Perón and set out to profoundly alter most of his policies. One key aspect to be addressed was that of housing and, by extension, the role of shantytowns in the urban landscape. Indeed, after a decade of significant social and economic change, urban employment had grown faster than housing provision and shantytowns had expanded rapidly, gaining sudden visibility. This research analyses the first shantyto
Argentina at an energy crossroads: the role of trade unions in building a just transition
Lithium mining in Salinas Grandes, on national route 52 in the province of Jujuy.
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14 December 2020
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Argentina is at a crossroads. The repercussions of the pandemic look set to worsen the socio-economic crisis already looming over the country and are having a huge impact on its currency: once again, the country is looking to the ‘blue dollar’, the unofficial US dollar rate, which is already twice the official rate. The situation is fuelling the pressing need to increase foreign currency revenues, traditionally derived from mining and the exploitation of resources such as soya, gas and oil.