The institutionalization of Sociology at the University of La Plata: actors and stages in a failed project (Argentina, 1965–1974)

Abstract

This article aims to reconst ruct the process of institutionalization of sociology at the National University of
La Plata (UNLP) between 1965 and 1974, examined through the lens of its relationship with the proce sse s
of intellectual and academic politicization that shaped Argent ina during those years. The study is situat ed
within the field of researc h on the history of sociology in Argentina in the second half of the twentieth cent ury ,
with the objective of identifying key actors, moment s, and obstacles in the largely unexplored history of the
discipline at the University of La Plata. The article demonst rat es that a long-term project of institutionalizat i on
took place, devised by a group of young faculty members and expressed in three attempts to establish a
formal degree program. The empirical reconst ruction is based on a qualitative methodological strategy that
combines two data collection techniques: in-dept h interviews and documentary researc h.