Puesta en valor del monumento histórico nacional Fuerte Barragán, Ensenada (Provincia de Buenos Aires)

At the request of the National Commission of Monuments, Sites and Historic Assets of the Nation, in coordination with the Municipality of Ensenada and the National University of Rosario, the enhancement of the Fuerte Barragán National Historic Monument in the town of Ensenada, province of Buenos Aires, was carried out. For such purposes, the archaeological and heritage intervention of the site was carried out, in which archaeologists, teachers and students of the anthropology career of the National Universities of Rosario and La Plata, employees of the Municipality of Ensenada, museologists, restorers and public officials, among others, participated. From this phenomenon, mechanisms of construction of collective memory were developed centered on the links between material culture, space, official history and national identity. This work aims to present the results of the enhancement and the analysis of social representations around the strategies of dissemination, custody and conservation of the site considering the perspectives of the different actors involved. Actions aimed at appropriation and recovery are part of the processes of reaffirmation of the identity of social groups, who construct representations about the archaeological site.