Juan Felipe Ibarra and his place in the pantheon.

From the celebrations for the 100 years of the provincial autonomy to the bicentennial year (1920-2020)

Abstract

This article analyses a long path full of interpretive setbacks  that turned Juan Felipe Ibarra, the first governor in Santiago del Estero, into the father of the provincial autonomy. One important corollary to this process through which Santiago del Estero became fully independent from Tucuman was the festivities honouring the “Bicentennial Year”.

As this piece of writing attempts to show, the ways of celebrating each April 27th have been changing while the reviosionist pointviews of the autocratic leadership were gaining ground. From Ibarra’s invisibleness in the festivities in 1920 (the first centenary) to his transition to the “author of autonomy” as of the ’80s and ‘90s in the 20th century, the interpretive struggles became apparent in the proposals made by the provincial government, which leant towards building a pantheon ruled by the first governor in Santiago del Estero.

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