On Capybaras, Infrastructures, and Wetlands: Controversial human/non-human intertwinements in Nordelta (Argentina)

This article analyses the tensions, competitions and uses of space between capybaras and neighbours in Nordelta, Argentina's most emblematic gated community. We explore how water infrastructure works and techniques allowed the expansion of gated developments over Tigre's wetlands, transfor...

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Autores principales: Ríos, Diego, Ruete, Regina
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Publicado: Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseño | Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025
Materias:
humedales
infraestructuras hidráulicas
urbanizaciones cerradas
carpinchos
wetlands
hydraulic infrastructures
gated communities
capybaras
Acceso en línea:https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/view/507
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spelling I15-R196-article-5072025-10-16T13:45:05Z On Capybaras, Infrastructures, and Wetlands: Controversial human/non-human intertwinements in Nordelta (Argentina) De carpinchos, infraestructuras y humedales: entrelazamientos controversiales entre humanos y no humanos en Nordelta (Argentina) Ríos, Diego Ruete, Regina humedales infraestructuras hidráulicas urbanizaciones cerradas carpinchos wetlands hydraulic infrastructures gated communities capybaras This article analyses the tensions, competitions and uses of space between capybaras and neighbours in Nordelta, Argentina's most emblematic gated community. We explore how water infrastructure works and techniques allowed the expansion of gated developments over Tigre's wetlands, transforming the ways of inhabiting that ecosystem and turning it into a scenographic landscape for a real estate product. Paradoxically, it also created the enabling conditions for the proliferation of species such as the capybara. In the face of its uncontrolled growth, we describe the measures used to control the population and ask ourselves about which lives are prioritised in the production processes of gated communities and how those that are not tolerated are controlled. Finally, we reflect on the possibilities of coexistence between humans and non-humans in environments transformed by capitalist urbanisation. En este artículo se analizan las tensiones, competencias y usos del espacio entre carpinchos y vecinos de Nordelta, la urbanización cerrada más emblemática de Argentina. Exploramos cómo las obras y técnicas de infraestructura hidráulica permitieron la expansión de urbanizaciones cerradas sobre los humedales de Tigre, transformando los modos de habitar de ese ecosistema y convirtiéndolo en un paisaje escenográfico para un producto inmobiliario. Paradójicamente, también se crearon las condiciones propicias para la proliferación de especies como el carpincho. Ante su crecimiento desmedido, describimos las medidas que se emplean para controlar a la población y nos preguntamos acerca de qué vidas se jerarquizan en los procesos de producción de urbanizaciones cerradas y cómo se controlan aquellas que no son toleradas. Finalmente, reflexionamos sobre las posibilidades de convivencia entre humanos y no humanos en ambientes transformados por la urbanización capitalista. Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseño | Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025-07-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/zip https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/view/507 10.35305/23626097v12i22.507 A&P Continuidad; Vol. 12 Núm. 22 (2025): ESPACIO Y VIOLENCIA EN EL CONTEXTO DE EMERGENCIA Y CONSOLIDACIÓN DEL MODELO NEOLIBERAL. POLÍTICAS, INFRAESTRUCTURAS, ARQUITECTURAS EN LATINOAMÉRICA 2362-6097 2362-6089 spa https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/view/507/656 https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/view/507/678 https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/view/507/679 Derechos de autor 2025 A&P Continuidad http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic humedales
infraestructuras hidráulicas
urbanizaciones cerradas
carpinchos
wetlands
hydraulic infrastructures
gated communities
capybaras
spellingShingle humedales
infraestructuras hidráulicas
urbanizaciones cerradas
carpinchos
wetlands
hydraulic infrastructures
gated communities
capybaras
Ríos, Diego
Ruete, Regina
On Capybaras, Infrastructures, and Wetlands: Controversial human/non-human intertwinements in Nordelta (Argentina)
topic_facet humedales
infraestructuras hidráulicas
urbanizaciones cerradas
carpinchos
wetlands
hydraulic infrastructures
gated communities
capybaras
author Ríos, Diego
Ruete, Regina
author_facet Ríos, Diego
Ruete, Regina
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title On Capybaras, Infrastructures, and Wetlands: Controversial human/non-human intertwinements in Nordelta (Argentina)
title_short On Capybaras, Infrastructures, and Wetlands: Controversial human/non-human intertwinements in Nordelta (Argentina)
title_full On Capybaras, Infrastructures, and Wetlands: Controversial human/non-human intertwinements in Nordelta (Argentina)
title_fullStr On Capybaras, Infrastructures, and Wetlands: Controversial human/non-human intertwinements in Nordelta (Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed On Capybaras, Infrastructures, and Wetlands: Controversial human/non-human intertwinements in Nordelta (Argentina)
title_sort on capybaras, infrastructures, and wetlands: controversial human/non-human intertwinements in nordelta (argentina)
description This article analyses the tensions, competitions and uses of space between capybaras and neighbours in Nordelta, Argentina's most emblematic gated community. We explore how water infrastructure works and techniques allowed the expansion of gated developments over Tigre's wetlands, transforming the ways of inhabiting that ecosystem and turning it into a scenographic landscape for a real estate product. Paradoxically, it also created the enabling conditions for the proliferation of species such as the capybara. In the face of its uncontrolled growth, we describe the measures used to control the population and ask ourselves about which lives are prioritised in the production processes of gated communities and how those that are not tolerated are controlled. Finally, we reflect on the possibilities of coexistence between humans and non-humans in environments transformed by capitalist urbanisation.
publisher Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseño | Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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