Servicio Social en La Rioja: Una Praxis Silenciada

La última dictadura militar en Argentina entró en escena en la década de 1970 y con ella los silencios. Ausencias, persecuciones, torturas, también llegaron a La Rioja, a la universidad; por supuesto llegaron en forma de norma, de burocracia, de censura,el silencio impuesto por una Ordenanza que data del año 1977.El comunicado público decía que solo se trataba de una suspensión condicionada al análisis exhaustivo y a la reestructuración de la Carrera, cuando en realidad aquí comienza una etapa de silencios impuestos.Los silencios de sus protagonistas principales, ellas, las mujeres del Servicio Social que debieron enfrentar este obstáculo y de una u otra forma continuar su vida.Hablar de silencios corresponde a hablar de – hago propia una expresión utilizada por la autora Mabel Bellucci- “ausencias referenciales” en el material que se dispone.El fin último de este trabajo es contrarrestar esas ausencias a través de los testimonios orales de sus protagonistas.AbstractThe last military dictatorship in Argentina took place in 1970 and silence was its consequence. Absences, persecutions, tortures also happened in La Rioja and in its university, but as norms, bureaucracy, censorship, silence imposed by an Ordinancefrom 1977.The public statement said that it was only a suspension conditioned to an exhaustive analysis and the course syllabus restructuring, but a period of imposed silence actually started. Most of the students in Social Service were women because it was considered socially adequate for the female stereotype which was also predominantin a province of conservative features. There is little material about this closure, all that happened might be briefly cited in a text but there is still silence, the silence of its main protagonists, Social Service women who had to face this obstacle and somehow continue with their lives.Talking of silence is like talking of – and I make mine the expression used by the author Mabel Bellucci- “referential absences” in the displayed material. The ultimate goal of this work is to reduce those absences through the protagonists’ oraltestimonies.Key Words: Social Work; Women; Military Regime; Testimonials