The conference "Indian Women in the city of Buenos Aires: subjections and resistances (18th-19th centuries)", by Jacqueline Sarmiento (UNLP), will take place on March 4th, 2:30 p.m.,  at ISCTE-IUL – Room C202 – Ed. II, 2nd floor. Free admission.

Since mid-18^th century, the city of Buenos Aires had an important growth. Its peculiar border condition gave it a particular character to the relations with the different indigenous groups. In this conference, it is proposed the analysis of the social place of Indian women in Buenos Aires between the 1750s and early 19^th century, the forms of subjection to which they were exposed and the resistances that they were able to put into practice. Will be presented in-depth the case study of the Collection House of Buenos Aires. On one hand, it is important to observe how the Indians arrived at that place of reclusion; hence, two distinct behaviours can be identified: the escape from the House and the resistance to leaving the place. What forms of resistance can be identified in these cases? The sources speak of resistance to service. However, the stay in the House can be presented as a choice, but also implied service and reclusion. Finally, are these individual forms of resistance? Or do they imply, in some way, joint actions?

Jacqueline Sarmiento has a degree in Anthropology (UNLP, 2009) and a Ph.D. in History (UNLP, 2016). Teacher and Chair of American History I (FaHCE, UNLP), she did postdoctoral internships in Brazil (UFF) and Mexico (ENAH). Co-author of the “Chair Book Undressing the Eurocentric view. Categories under tension in American history”, coordinated by Emir Reitano and published by the Editorial of the National University of La Plata (2017). Participates in the research projects “Sociocultural processes and construction of new identities in the area of the Río de La Plata and Brazil. XVIII-XIX centuries and present” (UNLP) and “Rebellion and Resistance in the Iberian Empires - 16th-19th centuries” (RESISTANCE-778076-H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017) under the title Morphologies of resistance in the Iberian empires (15th-19th centuries).