Summary - TST 43

TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES


TST 42
Candela HERNÁNDEZ
The security put in question and the (re)construction of daily urban mobility. The experience of the survivors of the tragedy of Once

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Key Words: Railways, survivors, accident, passengers, Argentina.


[ Abstract ]

On February 22, 2012 Sarmiento line's train formation of the Buenos Aires´s metropolitan railway system collided with the terminal station causing the collapse of the formation and a balance of 789 injured and 52 fatalities. The production of this event showed the degradation that the railroads had in their history, which enabled the railway issue associated with security in the quality of service to be installed on the public, political and judicial agenda. This article is concerned with exploring the multiple attributions given to the notion of security by surviving passengers of Once, problematizing what extent these emerge later in the (re) construction of their daily urban mobility related to the railway. Methodology is based on self-documented interviews and ones documented by others, to relatives of victims and survivors. In addition to the use of own surveys, official statistics, press, audiovisual and archival records related to the event.