From Sarmiento to Borges: The Construction of an Intellectual Lineage in the Magazine Punto de vista

This article analyses the revision of the Argentine intellectual tradition demonstrated in the magazine Punto de vista throughout its first nineteen issues, published during the last Argentine dictatorship (1976–1983). From Sarmiento and the generation of 1837 to Borges and the Sur generation, the reassessment of Argentine intellectuals' legacies set out by editors of Punto de vista was an explicit attempt to insert the magazine into a recognised intellectual lineage. At the same time, it responded to a search for identity prompted by the critical and repressive context in which the magazine was first published

La odontología en Argentina: historia de una profesión subordinada Dentistry in Argentina: the history of a subordinated profession

Este artículo aborda el proceso de profesionalización de la odontología en Argentina, a partir de fines del siglo XIX hasta 1940, desde una perspectiva de construcción social e histórica. El análisis permite identificar el peso de diversos actores y dimensiones, principalmente la incorporación de la enseñanza de la odontología en las universidades del país, las conflictivas relaciones con otras ocupaciones y profesiones del campo, en especial con los médicos, con los mecánicos dentales, con ejercientes irregulares (barberos, sangradores ) y con el estado. Se indaga en las estrategias gremiales, políticas y académicas desarrolladas desde distintas instancias para obtener la delimitación de un espacio de intervención exclusiva. Además, puede verificarse en la documentación revisada, el peso de la tradición artesanal y mercantil de la práctica odontológica, la escasa participación colectiva en el ámbito gremial y el débil compromiso con la salud pública.<br>Approaching from the perspective of social and historical construction, the article addresses the professionalization of dentistry in Argentina from the late nineteenth century to 1940. The study analyzes the weight of different actors and dimensions, particularly the introduction of dentistry studies into Argentinean universities and the conflicts between dentists and those in related fields (especially physicians, mecánicos dentales, and informal practitioners like barbers and bleeders) as well as conflicts with the State. The article explores the union, political, and academic strategies developed in an effort to define a space for exclusive intervention, and also looks at the earliest successes in tracing out a specific domain that would ensure professional autonomy and monopoly in the practice of dentistry. A review of documentation reveals the weight of craftsmanship and the mercantile tradition in dental practice, very limited collective participation in the union environment, and the field's weak commitment to public health