Formation and Consolidation of the Environmental Movement in Argentina: Discourses, Social Actors, and Ideologies (1960-1990)

Abstract

The general objective of this research is to analyze the emergence, formation, and consolidation of environmentalist discourse in Argentina through the study of print media. The media are considered, on the one hand, as bearers of symbolic power and, on the other, as a source of historical information that allows us to understand socio-environmental dynamics and their cultural repercussions in the recent past. To achieve this objective, a holistic and interdisciplinary approach is adopted, establishing the interconnection between environmental history, communication, and critical discourse studies. The selected sources include countercultural magazines such as Eco Contemporáneo (1960s), Expreso Imaginario (1970s), and Mutantia (1980s), as well as national newspapers such as La Nación, Clarín, and Página/12. This research is conducted through a historical-environmental approach focused on the emergence of environmentalist discourse and its implications for social and environmental justice. By integrating the perspective of peace and conflict studies, it demonstrates how the Argentine environmentalist movement contributes to the construction of sustainable peace, understood as a process that includes environmental and social justice.