Representations of Puerto quequén as from its privatization and its main territorial changes

Abstract

This paper analyzes the spatial practices and representation spaces of the main port-related local actors, within the context of the Argentine port system privatization and based on the new management model of Puerto Quequén and its connection with some of the territorial changes. It also looks into the tendency to re-produce the space, the 'private' appropriation and the forms of mercantile use of the port space, in terms of the process of port privatization. Thus, the guiding objective of this paper was to analyze the changes in spatial practices and representation spaces which resulted from the privatization process, understanding the port as a territory in dispute which is felt, lived and perceived differently by the various actors.