Las asociaciones profesionales de sociología en Argentina y las disputas por la "profesión"

This text refers to professional associations of sociologists in Argentina. Professionalization process and, more specifically, the definition of what does it mean “to work as a sociologist” has had an important space in local sociology development, producing debates and confronting positions. Nevertheless, these organizations have received limited attention in numerous publications dedicated to the history of sociology and the professional insertion of sociologists. In this article, I describe some activities developed in professional organizations created since the second half of 1970. My purpose is to explore the place these organizations and its participants have had in sociologist’ professionalization process and in construction and dispute over the senses of profession in the country. To achieve that, I rebuilt some of its members’ perspectives and their production contexts. I try to show that, while the people who integrated and integrate professional associations since 1970s have not actively participated in the debates about history and genesis of sociology, which have prominence among researchers, they did set out to establish their ways of understand and develop “profession”, disputing with other actors.