Development soundscape. The case of the Punilla highway

Abstract

The work presented here is the reason for an interseminar trip of the Department of Geography, carried out on June 25, 2022 through different points of Punilla and within the framework of a university extension project of the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities (FFYH/ UNC). The scope of the route gave rise to reflection on the character of the Cordovan landscape, but in this case, in a sonorous key. The importance of the relational work between the chairs of the career lies in the integration of different perspectives to identify axes of analysis for the struggles and resistance to the neoliberal model. The following text is an attempt to make visible a dimension little explored by modernization and/or development projects.

Therefore, the notion of "sound landscape" is linked to the highway project in the Punilla department, which seeks to connect various sections of the province of Córdoba with the rest of the country. Throughout two projects presented by the province (2018 and 2021), the infrastructure crosses "red zones" of native forest, archaeological and uranium deposits, hydrographic basins and negatively impacts housing and quality of life of the population residing there. This study will address the relationship between the "sound landscape" (as well as visual) and this link in circulation, going through different perspectives about what landscape is, how it materializes and what socio-environmental implications it generates.