“El hombre es tierra que anda”. The transhumant crianceros of Alto Neuquén in historical perspective, XIX-XX centuries by Padín, Nicolás

“…Taking as a starting point, the criticism of the current romantic celebration of the crianceros from the political and media discourses, the writing proposes to deconstruct the process of constitution of this practice, restoring the historicity of its transformations, permanences and litigations with the instituted political power.The writing stops at key milestones of the historical itinerary of this social, economic and cultural secular practice, as an activity that implies cyclical movements of ascent and descent of the crianceros and their animals, between the lowlands, where the "invernadas" are located and the highlands of the Cordillera de los Andes and the Cordillera del Viento, where the "veranadas" are located. …”
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