Debates sobre ciencia y tecnología en vísperas del retorno a la democracia

Abstract

This article focuses on the analysis of a series of documents that reflect the debates, diagnoses programmatic proposals developed during 1983 in relation to the situation of the Science and Technology sector in Argentina. It is The Next Argen ina. Science and Technology, meeting convened by the University of Belgrano, Science, Technology and Development. National Meeting, and the Electoral Platform, the latter by the Radical Civic Union. Prominent members of the scientific community and political and social representatives participated in the institutional debates convened in those days. Their analysis and examination are of relevance to understand the climate of ideas, evaluations and perspectives regarding the sec-tor and the public policies that were projected, in order to overcome the situation inherited by the military dictatorship (1976-1983).The article analyzes the concepts present in the documents based on theoretical perspectives that establish phases or paradigms in scientifi c and technological policies, characterized by a certain rationality derived from predominant perspectives in the scientific field.