Abstract Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen has theorized that narrative does not involve rational content. Rather, he suggested, narrative is only a descriptive practice consisting of singular statements. Kuukkanen thus divorced the rational and narrative frameworks, arguing that historiography belongs to the former and not the latter. This article establishes a new conceptual framework that provides a revised understanding of narrative as a rational practice. I argue that the principles of organization brought to light by the Gestalt school of experimental psychology illuminate the underlying organizational logic that historians engage with when constructing narratives. To illustrate how these principles operate in historical narratives and how they are rational, I examine classic historical works such as Karl Marx’s introduction of the concept of surplus value; Giambattista Vico’s Autobiography and Jacob Burckhardt’s The Civilization of the Renaissance; Reinhart Koselleck’s Futures Past; and E. P. Thompson’s The Making of the English Working Class and Johan Huizinga’s Waning of the Middle Ages. My analysis shows that narrative entails its own kind of explanatory structure. It is a way of thinking that provides meaning and structure to that which is otherwise unstructured and undetermined. Finally, my new framework offers a foundation for the rational evaluation of narratives by showing how the context of discovery and the context of justification cannot be separated in the case of narrative histories.

Resumen Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen ha teorizado que las narrativas no involucran un tipo de actividad racional, en cambio, parecieran ser sólo una práctica descriptiva que consiste en afirmaciones singulares. Es así que Kuukkanen separa el marco racional del narrativo, argumentando que la historiografía pertenece al primero y no al segundo. Este artículo establece un nuevo marco conceptual que proporciona una comprensión revisada de la narrativa como práctica racional. Sostengo que los principios de organización sacados a la luz por la escuela de psicología experimental de la Gestalt iluminan la lógica organizacional subyacente con la que se involucran los historiadores cuando construyen narrativas. Para ilustrar cómo operan estos principios en las narrativas históricas y cómo son racionales, examino obras históricas clásicas como la introducción del concepto de plusvalía de Karl Marx; la Autobiografía de Giambattista Vico y La civilización del Renacimiento en Italia de Jacob Burckhardt; Futuro Pasado de Reinhart Koselleck; y La formación de la clase obrera en Inglaterra de E.P Thompson y El Otoño de la Edad Media de Johan Huizinga. Mi análisis muestra que la narrativa implica su propio tipo de estructura explicativa ya que es una forma de pensar que proporciona significado y estructura a lo que de otro modo está desestructurado y es indeterminado. Finalmente, mi nuevo marco ofrece una base para la evaluación racional de las narrativas al mostrar cómo el contexto de descubrimiento y el contexto de justificación no pueden separarse en el caso de las historias narrativas.

Abstract This essay reflects on the Catholic narratives produced about the religious history of Baja California during the 19th and 20th centuries. In order to analyze a historiographical corpus of stories, histories, biographies, and memories, I try to analyze four areas: The theoretical distinction between modern historiography as historical past, and ecclesiastical history and memory as practical pasts and memory threads; the coexistence of both forms of writing throughout the 20th century in this case study; the analysis and historicization of the narrative of a “second spiritual conquest” of Baja California; and the problem represented by the existence of fictitious stories that some religious actors have presented as true.

Resumen Este ensayo reflexiona sobre las narrativas católicas producidas sobre la historia religiosa de la península de Baja California durante los siglos XIX y XX. Para analizar un corpus historiográfico de relatos, historias, biografías y memorias, intento moverme en cuatro ejes de análisis: la distinción teórica entre la historiografía moderna como pasado histórico, y la historia y la memoria eclesiástica en tanto pasados prácticos e hilos de memoria; la coexistencia de ambas formas de escritura a lo largo del siglo XX en el caso aquí estudiado; el análisis y la historización de la narrativa de una “segunda conquista espiritual” de Baja California; y el problema que representan para la investigación los relatos ficticios que algunos actores religiosos han hecho pasar por verdaderos.

Abstract: The approach to the urban development plan by Brazilian architect Lucio Costa for the Alagados neighborhood (1972) emphasizes the dimension of social housing in its urban planning, highlighting the incorporations carried out in response to the revisions of the modern movement. The study contextualizes revisionist approaches in urban plans, focusing on housing clusters in superblocks and their relationship with public facilities, bringing out the organicist paradigm, aiming for flexibility in urban planning. An approach is taken that includes a specific architectural historiography and design theory, reviewing Lucio Costa's proposal through the analysis of documents, plans, and works. Given the disagreement between social housing policy based on utopian ideals and real estate interests, Lucio Costa's superblock proposal presents its adaptable morphology, concluding that the implementation of Lucio Costa's proposal could possibly have provided substantial positive results to Alagados.

Resumen: El enfoque del plan de desarrollo urbano del arquitecto brasileño Lucio Costa para el vecindario de Alagados (1972) enfatiza la dimensión de la vivienda social en su planificación urbana, destacando las incorporaciones llevadas a cabo en respuesta a las revisiones del movimiento moderno. El estudio contextualiza los enfoques revisionistas en los planes urbanos, centrándose en los grupos de viviendas en los superbloques y su relación con las instalaciones públicas, lo que resalta el paradigma orgánico, con el objetivo de flexibilidad en la planificación urbana. Se adopta un enfoque que incluye una teoría de historiografía y diseño arquitectónica específica, revisando la propuesta de Lucio Costa a través del análisis de documentos, planes y trabajos. Dado el desacuerdo entre la política de vivienda social basada en ideales utópicos e intereses inmobiliarios, la propuesta de superbloque de Lucio Costa presenta su morfología adaptable, concluyendo que posiblemente la implementación de la propuesta de Lucio Costa podría haber proporcionado resultados positivos sustanciales a los Alagados.

Abstract: This essay examines how the narrative of historical progress is used in contemporary feminisms. It argues that this narrative is used with a specific political aim: to characterise disagreements between feminists as confrontations between the modern and the retrograde. It observes that this positioning often employs patriarchal rhetoric which prefers personal criticism to a discussion of ideas. To illustrate this hypothesis, the article analyses the use of the progress narrative in the present debate about the sex trade within a wide historical context. Undertaking the history of women’s ideas in this way reveals how some arguments in this debate have been disfigured and misunderstood in order to serve the needs of the progress narrative.

Resumen: En este ensayo se examina la narrativa histórica del progreso en los feminismos contemporáneos. Se argumenta que se usa con un propósito político específico: presentar los desacuerdos entre feministas como una confrontación entre lo moderno y lo retrogrado. Se observa que este posicionamiento suele emplear una retórica patriarcal que prefiere la crítica personal a la discusión de ideas. Para ilustrar la hipótesis, se analiza el uso de la narrativa del progreso en el debate actual feminista en torno al comercio sexual dentro de su contexto histórico amplio. El ejercicio de historiar las ideas de las mujeres de esta manera revela cómo ciertos argumentos del debate han sido desfigurados y malentendidos para servir a los fines del relato del progreso.

Abstract: This article aims to analyze the problem of androcentrism in the historiography of the MASM and problematize the extent to which traditional history has invisibilized women. The historiographical contributions of Women’s History and Gender History are used to establish a theoretical and methodological basis to explain why a male guerrilla narrative has prevailed and what routes, questions, problems, and methodologies could be used to frame women as key social agents and rewrite the history of the MASM.

Resumen: Este artículo se propone analizar el problema del androcentrismo en la historiografía del MASM y busca problematizar hasta qué punto la historia tradicional ha invisibilizado a las mujeres. Se recuperan las aportaciones historiográficas de la historia de las mujeres y de la historia de género para establecer una base teórica y metodológica que permita explicar por qué ha prevalecido una narrativa de la guerrilla en masculino y cuáles podrían ser las rutas, preguntas, problemas y metodologías para que las mujeres aparezcan como agentes sociales preponderantes y reescribir la historia del MASM.

Abstract This paper demonstrates the results obtained after the practice of social research that focused academically on the feminist discourse of the contemporary historian Joan W. Scott. This scope could be effective from the study of a historiographical nature operated based on its main scientific texts. The methodological design used responds to the qualitative design of the Social Sciences, with an emphasis on historiographical resources through the implementation of the documentary technique. In its development, a particular set of theoretical contributions of the humanistic, political and territorial order was discovered that allow it to be associated with critical post-structuralist epistemological lines parallel to the different instances of the author's gendered production.

Resumen El presente artículo refleja los resultados obtenidos luego de la práctica de una investigación social que se concentró académicamente en el discurso feminista de la historiadora contemporánea Joan W. Scott. Este alcance pudo ser efectivo a partir del estudio de naturaleza historiográfica operado en función de sus principales textos científicos. El diseño metodológico empleado responde al diseño cualitativo de las Ciencias Sociales, con énfasis en los recursos historiográficos a través de la implementación de la técnica documental. En su desarrollo se descubrió un conjunto particular de contribuciones teóricas del orden humanístico, político y territorial que permiten asociarlo a las líneas epistemológicas criticas posestructuralistas paralelas a las diferentes instancias de producción generizada de la autora.

Abstract Jorge Suárez (1927-1985) was an Argentine linguist who devoted himself mainly to the study of indigenous American languages. After the first stage of his career in his country of origin, he settled in Mexico City in 1969, where he continued his academic career. From the perspective of linguistic historiography, this article aims to examine the first stage of his academic biography and his main contributions to the languages of Argentinean Patagonia (Mapuzungun, Aonekko ’a’ien, and Selk’nam), which included field surveys of lexical lists and texts, as well as analyses of genetic linguistics. We consider his role in the dissemination of North American structuralism in Argentina, his insertion in different national universities, his subsequent integration into CONICET, and his links in the American and Latin American spheres.

Resumen: Jorge Suárez (1927-1985) fue un lingüista argentino que se dedicó fundamentalmente al estudio de las lenguas indígenas americanas. Luego de realizar la primera etapa de su carrera en su país de origen, en 1969 se estableció en la Ciudad de México donde continuó su trayectoria académica. Desde la perspectiva de la historiografía lingüística, el presente artículo se propone examinar la primera etapa de su biografía académico-investigativa y sus principales aportes acerca de las lenguas de la Patagonia argentina (mapuzungun, aonekko ’a’ien y selk’nam), entre los que se destacan los relevamientos en terreno de listas léxicas y textos, como así también análisis de lingüística genética. Consideramos su rol en la difusión del estructuralismo norteamericano en Argentina, su inserción en distintas universidades nacionales, su posterior integración al CONICET y sus vínculos en el ámbito estadounidense e hispanoamericano.

Resumo:Embora a maioria das obras de arte tenha uma componente física incontornável, o estudo da cultura material na história da arte tem sido menos desenvolvido do que o de outros tipos de objectos, como os das artes conhecidas como "artes menores" ou "artes aplicadas". No caso das obras artísticas, a primazia do fator estético/visual tem muitas vezes obscurecido a materialidade. No entanto, não podemos perder de vista que as obras de arte são, antes de mais, objectos e que a materialidade precede as imagens que transmitem. Este artigo primeiro reflete sobre o estado da arte dos estudos da cultura material como fonte de pesquisa histórica tanto no mundo anglófono quanto na América Latina, e depois explora alguns de seus escopos, oportunidades e possíveis projeções para os campos da história da arte e da história da arte. Para essa última disciplina, identificamos três abordagens para o objeto de estudo a partir da perspectiva da cultura material: o estudo da obra de arte como artefato, o estudo dos objetos representados e o estudo do ambiente material do artista (seu estúdio). Ilustraremos essas três abordagens com exemplos da literatura acadêmica revisada.

Abstract:Although most artworks have an inescapable physical component, the study of material culture in the history of art has been less developed than that of other types of objects such as those known as “minor arts” or “applied arts”. In the case of artistic works, the primacy of the aesthetic/visual factor has often obscured materiality. However, we cannot lose sight of the fact that artworks are objects in the first place, and that the materiality precedes the images they convey. This article first reflects on the state of the art of material culture studies as a source for historical research both in the English-speaking world and in Latin America, and then explores some of its scope, opportunities and possible projections for the fields of art history and art history. For the latter discipline we identify three approaches to the object of study from the perspective of material culture: the study of the work of art as artefact, the study of the objects represented and the study of the artist's material environment (his studio). We will illustrate these three approaches with examples from the reviewed academic literature.

Resumen:Aunque la mayoría de las obras de arte tienen un componente físico ineludible, el estudio de la cultura material en la historia del arte ha estado menos desarrollado que el de otro tipo de objetos como los de las llamadas artes "artes menores" o "artes aplicadas". En el caso de las obras artísticas, la primacía del factor estético/visual ha oscurecido a menudo la materialidad. Sin embargo, no podemos perder de vista que las obras de arte son objetos en primer lugar, y que la materialidad precede a las imágenes que transmiten. Este artículo quiere reflexionar primero sobre el estado de la cuestión respecto a los estudios de la cultura material como fuente para la investigación histórica tanto en el ámbito anglosajón como latinoamericano, para luego explorar algunos de sus alcances, oportunidades y posibles proyecciones para los campos de la historia y la historia del arte. Para esta última disciplina identificamos tres aproximaciones al objeto de estudio desde la perspectiva de la cultura material: el estudio de la obra de arte como artefacto, el estudio de los objetos representados y el estudio del entorno material del artista (su taller). Ilustraremos estos tres enfoques con ejemplos desde la literatura académica revisada.

Abstract From about 1412, infante Duarte, Portugal’s heir apparent, took on a large portion of the roles expected of a king, until 1433, the year he finally came to the throne. For two decades, his father, King João I - already a seasoned sovereign - had come to rely on the firstborn to assist him in the everyday management of royal administration, justice, and certain economic matters. This was to become known to historians as the prince-king “association”. This essay departs from an interrogation, of whether Duarte was able - or expected at all - to play a role of his own in diplomatic affairs. My argument takes into account Duarte’s posturing as the first in the line of succession, his position as one of several siblings in a tightly knit dynasty, and his own realisations in external politics. The documentary evidence surrounding several treaties involving Aragon, Castile and Navarre seems to point to Duarte’s restraint as a diplomatic player in his own right, even during the “association” period before he became king. For the most part, he remained subordinate to a dynastic logic, with his father firmly hanging on to the helm.

Resumo Entre 1412 e 1433, ano em que será aclamado por rei, o infante herdeiro de Portugal, D. Duarte, assume boa parte das funções régias. Ao longo de duas décadas, o pai (o veterano rei D. João I) valer-se-á do primogénito para auxiliar a governança régia no tocante à administração, à justiça, ou a certos assuntos económicos. Tal tem sido descrito pela historiografia como a “associação” de D. Duarte ao trono. O presente ensaio parte de uma interrogação: Terá tido D. Duarte um papel próprio no campo diplomático? Procurando responder a essa questão, é tida em conta a situação do infante como primeiro na linha sucessória, a sua pertença a uma dinastia que se mostra politicamente muito unida, e as suas próprias concretizações ao nível das relações externas. A documentação gerada em torno de diversos tratados, envolvendo Aragão, Castela e Navarra, parece sobretudo indicar uma postura sóbria e disciplinada por parte do herdeiro, subordinada a uma lógica dinástica em que o monarca detém a última palavra.

Abstract The rebellion that brought the Komnenoi to power in 1081 was successful because it had many supporters, the most important of which was the Doukai, a lineage that had already controlled imperial power and with which Alexios was linked by marriage. The traditional position of historiography is that this was the beginning of an aristocratic government in which the emperor’s relatives enjoyed a share of power. However, more recent studies dispute the extent of the distribution of power under the Komnenoi (1081-1118), claiming that these emperors were more centralizing and traditional than previously thought. However, in fact, the emperors did distribute power, especially Alexios I (1081-1118), but in a more restricted and ad hoc way. Thus, given the Doukas’ role in the rebellion, it was expected that Alexios I would share power with this family, but he preferred to do so with his mother and brother. The Doukas, feeling aggrieved, spared no effort to gain a foothold in the regime, resulting in a series of internal crises that pitted various members of the family consortium that had seized power against each other. In the end, they were unsuccessful. However, this claim for shared power produced a parallel identity for the Doukas and corresponding discourses, which lasted after the death of Alexios I and continued to exist during the reign of John II (1118-1143). This identity emphasized the role of this family in seizure of power and the legitimization of the new emperor, as well as demanded space and power. This article will deal with these issues.

Resumo A rebelião que levou os Comnenos ao poder, em 1081, foi bem-sucedida e resultante de vários apoios, o mais importante dos quais foi dado pelos Ducas, uma linhagem que já havia controlado o poder imperial e com a qual Aleixo era ligado por matrimônio. A posição tradicional da historiografia é de que esse foi o início de um governo aristocrático no qual os parentes do imperador desfrutavam de uma parcela do poder. Entretanto, estudos mais recentes contestam a extensão da distribuição de poder sob os Comnenos (1081-1118), alegando que esses imperadores eram mais centralizadores e tradicionais do que se pensava anteriormente. No entanto, de fato, os imperadores distribuíram o poder, principalmente Aleixo I (1081-1118), mas de forma mais restrita e pontual. Assim, em função do papel dos Ducas na rebelião, esperava-se que Aleixo I compartilhasse o poder com essa família, mas preferiu fazê-lo com sua mãe e seu irmão. Os Ducas, sentindo-se melindrados, não pouparam esforços para buscar espaço no regime, resultando em uma série de crises internas que contrapuseram diversos membros desse consorcio familiar que havia tomado o poder. Por fim, não foram bem-sucedidos. Contudo, essa reivindicação por poder partilhado produziu uma identidade paralela dos Ducas e discursos correspondentes, os quais perduraram após a morte de Aleixo I e continuaram existindo durante o reinado de João II (1118-1143). Esta identidade enfatizava o papel desta família na tomada do poder e na legitimação do novo imperador, assim como demandava espaço e poder. Este artigo tratará destes temas.

Abstract The paper focuses on locating the career and contributions made by María Bertely Busquets to the historical research on the Mexican education field to highlight a facet of her intellectual activity that was little known but very important to her. The edition of La División es nuestra fuerza. Escuela, Estado-nación y poder étnico en un pueblo migrante de Oaxaca, her great posthumous work, constitutes the axis of the account of her participation and contributions to the education historiography in the country. But, in addition, it serves to situate a prolonged constructive process preceded by approaches to the history and historicization of the culture of the school and its agents from ethnographic practice, which then gives way to the deepening and development of the anthropological-historical method that deploys in the work. As a final reflection, the importance of bringing together the works and promoting intellectual exchange between anthropologists and historians of education is highlighted.

Resumen El escrito se aboca a situar la trayectoria y aportes realizados por María Bertely Busquets en el campo de la investigación histórica sobre la educación mexicana con el propósito de destacar una faceta de su actividad intelectual poco conocida pero muy importante para ella. La edición de La División es nuestra fuerza. Escuela, Estado-nación y poder étnico en un pueblo migrante de Oaxaca, su gran trabajo póstumo, constituye el eje del recuento de su participación y aportes a la historiografía de la educación en el país. Pero, además, sirve para situar un prolongado proceso constructivo precedido de acercamientos a la historia y a la historización de la cultura de la escuela y sus agentes desde la práctica etnográfica, que después da paso a la profundización y desarrollo del método antropológico-histórico que despliega en la obra. Como una reflexión final, se destaca la importancia de acercar los trabajos y fomentar el intercambio intelectual entre antropólogos e historiadores de la educación.

Abstract: This article studies one aspect of the Cuban republican tradition, exploring how republican ideas were appropriated and recreated in the context of the War of Independence and through which symbols Cuban actors elaborated their own ideas regarding this political current. It concentrates on an analysis of iconography, a body of sources that has been little studied in the Cuban historiography. It identifies ambiguities and tensions that influenced the independence process, suggesting how ideas regarding independence and the republic were produced “from below” in Cuba. This article thus contributes to restoring the place of republicanism as a central tradition of Cuban political history, not as an echo of projects from abroad, but as the result of grassroots political production.

Resumen: Este texto estudia un aspecto de la tradición republicana cubana. Investiga cómo las ideas republicanas fueron apropiadas y recreadas en el contexto de la guerra de Independencia, y con qué símbolos los actores cubanos elaboraron sus propias ideas sobre esta corriente política. El artículo se concentra en el análisis de iconografía, un cuerpo de fuentes poco atendido en la historiografía cubana. Identifica ambigüedades y tensiones que influyeron en el proceso independentista para sugerir cómo se produjeron nociones republicanas “desde abajo” en Cuba torno a la independencia y la República. Con ello, el trabajo contribuye a restituir el republicanismo como una tradición central en la historia política cubana, no como un eco de proyectos de otras geografías, sino como resultado de la producción política popular.

Abstract: This article seeks to analyze the socialist views on Argentine federalism, which have not been a subject of specific attention by historians. With this purpose, the emphasis is put on a precise aspect such as the one represented by the National Territories, spaces that depended on the federal government, even though they were considered as future provinces from their very origin. As is shown in this paper, the Socialist Party stood against the creation of new provinces, a consequence of the party’s unfavorable judgment of Argentine federalism. This disapproval continued until 1932 when different circumstances led the party to a federal turn that made it become a supporter of the transformation of Territories into provinces. The examination of this trajectory sheds light on less studied aspects of one of the most important political parties in Argentina in the 20th century.

Resumen: En este artículo se exploran las miradas socialistas en torno al federalismo argentino, las cuales no han sido objeto de atención específica por parte de la historiografía. Para ello se pone foco en una dimensión puntual, como fue la representada por los Territorios Nacionales, espacios que constituían dependencias del gobierno federal, pero que desde su origen fueron concebidos como futuras provincias. Como aquí se demuestra, el Partido Socialista mantuvo una postura adversa a la creación de nuevas provincias, consecuente con el juicio negativo que dicha fuerza política tenía respecto del federalismo argentino. Ese rechazo persistió hasta 1932, cuando un conjunto de circunstancias condujo al partido a consumar un giro federal que lo llevó a convertirse en impulsor de la transformación de los Territorios en provincias. El examen de esta trayectoria echa luz sobre aspectos poco estudiados de uno de los partidos políticos más importantes de la Argentina del siglo XX.

ABSTRACT This article investigates regional specificities of coronelism in the First Republic based on the historical experience of Goiás. A significant part of Brazilian legal and political historiography adhered to Victor Nunes Leal’s thesis, according to which the republican coronelism, more than an expression of the private power of the coronels, would signify their weakness in a context of increasing state institutionality. The coronels would fight, with all means, to take over the public machine, starting to distribute its benefits to friends and its rigors to enemies. However, investigating the case of Goiás, based on the novel O tronco, by Bernardo Élis, with other documents from the period, Leal’s thesis cannot explain the hypertrophy of the private power of the coronels in northern Goiás, that ignored or forcibly subjugated state power, with its laws, judges, police, etc. In conclusion, coronelism had different expressions in Brazil, which requires the differentiation of its specificities. Goiás Leals Leal s institutionality fight means machine enemies However tronco Élis period laws judges police etc conclusion Brazil

RESUMO Este artigo investiga especificidades regionais do coronelismo da Primeira República a partir da experiência histórica de Goiás. Parte significativa da historiografia jurídica e política brasileira aderiu à tese de Victor Nunes Leal, para a qual o coronelismo republicano, mais do que expressão do poder privado dos coronéis, significaria a fraqueza deles em um contexto de incremento do aparato estatal. Os coronéis lutariam para se empossarem da máquina pública, passando a distribuir os seus benefícios aos amigos e os seus rigores aos inimigos. Porém, investigando o caso goiano a partir do romance O tronco, de Bernardo Élis, junto com outros documentos da época, a tese de Leal não consegue explicar a hipertrofia do poder privado dos coronéis do norte de Goiás, que ignorava ou subjugava à força o poder estatal, com suas leis, juízes, polícia etc. Conclui-se que o coronelismo teve expressões diferentes no Brasil, o que exige a diferenciação de suas especificidades. Goiás republicano estatal pública inimigos Porém tronco Élis época leis juízes etc Concluise Conclui Brasil

Resumen El trabajo propone una lectura en clave política del surgimiento del diseño en Argentina, enfocado en la figura de Tomás Maldonado. La periodización (1948‒1954) inicia con su expulsión del Partido Comunista Argentino y aborda un momento de inflexión en su actividad y pensamiento, que lo lleva a compartir su interés por la pintura con el diseño y la arquitectura. Parte de la historiografía interpreta esta inflexión como una señal del desencanto de Maldonado hacia el compromiso político y el cambio social, construyendo una idea del diseño como apolítico. Sostenemos la hipótesis de que, aunque alejado del partidismo, las reflexiones de Maldonado apuestan a sostener un programa de articulación entre arte y vida a través del diseño. En este sentido, el objetivo es proponer una mirada más integral sobre el diseño que reúna las experimentaciones estéticas y los posicionamientos ideológicos como componentes intrínsecos de un todo indivisible. Para esto, resulta productivo pensar el diseño como una neovanguardia, un término que, sin intensiones de catalogar o encasillar esta experiencia, permite introducir aportes de distintos teóricos del arte, a la vez que evita caer en ciertos relatos canónicos de tendencia despolitizadora que tienden a minimizar o excluir esta dimensión de sus relatos.

Abstract The work proposes a political approach of the emergence of design in Argentina, focused on the figure of Tomás Maldonado. The periodization (1948‒1954) begins with his expulsion from the Argentine Communist Party and addresses a turning point in his activity and thought, which leads him to share his interest in painting with design and architecture. Part of the historiography interprets this inflection as a sign of Maldonado's disenchantment with political commitment and social change, constructing an idea of design as apolitical. We support the hypothesis that, although far from partisanship, Maldonado’s reflections aim to sustain a program of articulation between art and life through design. In this sense, the objective is to propose a more comprehensive look at design that brings together aesthetic experimentations and ideological positions as intrinsic components of an indivisible whole. For this, it is productive to think of design as a neo‒avant‒garde, a term that, without attempting to classify this experience, allows valuable contributions from different art theorists to be introduced, while avoiding falling into certain canonical narratives with a depoliticizing tendency that led to minimize or exclude this dimension from their production.