Cultural artifacts of the teaching union press in the province of Rio Negro (1990-2000)

Abstract

The present work constitutes an approach to the content of the speech of the written trade union press in relation to the educational field; specifically of a provincial educational union, the Union of Workers of the Education of Río Negro (UnTER) during the nineties under the Carlos Saúl Menem successive governments (1989-1999). This period was distinguish due to the increase of neoliberal measures.
The aim of this article is to signify the discursive plot in the newspaper "La Escuela en marcha” "Memorias"; the training and dissemination notebooks called “La UnTER en la escuela”; and in three annual copies of the “Quimán” magazines.
The analysis of these cultural devices allows us to inquire about their conceptualization, functions and relevance that they achieved in a time arc that spanned from 1993 to 1999. An attempt will be made to elucidate, on the one hand, to elucidate if these cultural mechanisms acted as supports for information, reflection and training, to counter - to argue the hegemonic discourse and, on the other hand, if they acted as valuable tools of struggle and resistance, in the presence of the advancement of policies of adjustment and decentralization of public education.