La Esperanza, Jujuy

La Esperanza (Jujuy) is a town and municipality in San Pedro Department, Jujuy Province in Argentina.[1]

La Esperanza (Jujuy)
Municipality and town
Country Argentina
ProvinceJujuy Province

It hosts an historical sugar factory, founded by British industrialists Walter (1858-1944) and William Leach (1851-1932). In 1906, German anthropologist Robert Lehmann-Nitsche signed an agreement with the Leach brothers. He had noted that workers there came from several different ethnic groups and used to sing while working. Lehmann-Nitsche recorded their songs in 30 phonograph cylinders that he sent to the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv.[2]

Lehmann-Nitsche was later criticized for having conducted his research ignoring the exploitation and mistreatment of the native Argentinians who worked in the factory.[3]

In 2019, after twenty years of difficulties, the factory, which was administered by the government since 2015, was sold to an alliance of private groups.[4]

References
  1. Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
  2. Ballestero, Diego (2018). "Un exhaustivo documentador de la historia del hombre: Vida y obra de Robert Lehmann‑Nitsche". Bérose-Encyclopédie internationale des histoires de l'anthropologie. Bérose. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. Constant, Marcelo (2014). Machos, chinas y osacos : registros fotográficos del reclutamiento, condiciones de vida y trabajo de los indígenas chaqueños en los ingenios azucareros de Jujuy : (1880-1920). Lomas de Zamora: Editorial Sudestada.
  4. "Tras veinte años de quiebra, finalmente se vendió el ingenio La Esperanza". VíaJujuy. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.


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