The Expansion of the Railway and Environmental Changes: The Modern Configuration of the Argentine Pampas, c. 1870-1930

IF 0.3 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Global Environment Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.3197/ge.2022.150204

Ana Marcela França de Oliveira, A. Zarrilli

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Abstract

One of the most striking transformation processes of the Anthropocene in Argentina is related to the occupation of the territory through agricultural activities and the arrival of the train from the mid-nineteenth century. The transformations of the Pampa biome are a typical case of socio-environmental transitions caused by the country's entry into the global market. At the basis of agricultural expansion through the agro-export model was the idea of an 'empty' territory. At the core of the Anthropocene is the homogenisation of environments, from the introduction of exotic fauna and flora, technologies, cultures and ideas (modernity). This process of homogenisation implies the destruction of the heterogeneity of native ecosystems. Considering aspects such as these, and considering socio-environmental analyses together with technological issues, our paper elucidates the peculiarity of Argentina's modernisation process in the context of the Anthropocene.

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铁路的扩张和环境的变化:阿根廷潘帕斯草原的现代形态，约1870-1930

阿根廷人类世最引人注目的转变过程之一与农业活动对领土的占领和19世纪中叶火车的到来有关。潘帕草原生物群落的转变是该国进入全球市场所造成的社会环境转变的典型案例。通过农业出口模式进行农业扩张的基础是“空”领土的概念。人类世的核心是环境的同质化，从外来动植物、技术、文化和思想(现代性)的引入。这种同质化过程意味着原生生态系统异质性的破坏。考虑到这些方面，并考虑社会环境分析与技术问题一起，我们的论文阐明了阿根廷在人类世背景下现代化进程的特殊性。

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