MEVIR: URUGUAY'S LITTLE HOUSES ON THE PRAIRIE

Resumo

MY PRIMARY PROJECT IS A LONGUE DUR�E STUDY OF LAND TENURE, SOCIAL RELATIONS AND HOUSING IN RURAL URUGUAY. I LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT MEVIR, A PARASTATAL INITIATIVE STARTED IN 1967 TO HOUSE RURAL WAGE LABORERS AND SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS.

I�€™VE DIVIDED THIS STUDY INTO SIX PARTS:
I. THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF LAND, LABOR AND HOUSING IN URUGUAY UNTIL 1903, THE YEAR JOS� BATLLE Y ORDO�EZ BEGINS HIS FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT.
II. THE POLICIES UNDER BATLLE�€™S AND SUBSEQUENT REGIMES THAT LED TO A SHORTAGE OF ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR RURAL LABORERS
III. DR. ALBERTO GALLINAL HEBER AND THE FOUNDING OF MEVIR IN ITS HISTORICAL MOMENT
IV. THE INSTITUTIONAL TRAJECTORY OF MEVIR (1967-PRESENT)
V. MEVIR IN URUGUAY�€™S URBAN-RURAL DIALECTIC
VI. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN RURAL URUGUAY IN ITS GLOBAL CONTEXT

MY CURRENT RESEARCH WITHIN THIS LARGER STUDY TRIES TO UNDERSTAND PART 3: THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND INTELLECTUAL CURRENTS THAT LED DR. GALLINAL TO FOUND MEVIR. I WILL BE EXAMINING HIS COLLECTION AT THE ARCHIVO GENERAL DE LA NACIÓN IN MONTEVIDEO JUNE THROUGH AUGUST OF 2017.