The voice of women in democratic reconstruction: The Unidas magazine and its intellectual history (IIGG)

Guest: Valeria Caruso

Commented by: Evangelina Margiolakis

Summary:

The conference aims to explore the intellectual contributions of social scientists and historians to the process of Argentina's democratic reconstruction. Within this context, the journal Unidas (1985) encapsulates a series of concerns regarding the reconstruction of various aspects of women's history in Argentine political and social life. Analyzing different initiatives allows us to identify some of the prevailing postulates concerning the links between politics and the intellectual sphere. The reflections published in this journal express the expectations placed on democracy as a foundational stage for Argentine institutional life, and on the renewal of Peronism as its arena for realization.

Valeria Caruso is a Professor, holds a Bachelor's and a Doctorate in History (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires). She is Head of Regular Practical Work and General Social History at the same faculty. She is a member of the UBACYT project “Classification and Legitimation Practices in the Configuration of Peronist Identities, 1945-1976,” directed by Omar Acha, and the Group for Studies on 20th-Century Argentine Social and Political History (GEHSPA), both based at the Emilia Ravignani Institute of Argentine and American History (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET). She directed the PICT project “The Argentine Democratic Transition and the Configuration of a Feminist Intellectual Field (1983-1986)” at the Institute for Gender Studies Research (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires).

Evangelina Margiolakis holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Communication Sciences (Faculty of Social Sciences, UBA). She teaches Media and Cultural Theory and Communication Didactics (Faculty of Social Sciences, UBA). She is a member of the Research Group on Art, Culture, and Politics in Recent Argentina, directed by Ana Longoni and Cora Gamarnik (IIGG, UBA). She is the author of the book “Subway Constellations: Cultural Press in Dictatorship and Transition: 1976-1990” (Tren en Movimiento, 2024).

Organized by: UBACYT Group “Communication and cultural policies in dictatorship and post-dictatorship: a journey through the practices and their conceptual frameworks” (directed by Evangelina Margiolakis and Rodolfo Gómez) of the Gino Germani Research Institute (FSOC-UBA).

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