Planes, trayectos y apropiación cultural sobre el ferrocarril S.S. Jujuy-La Quiaca. Pensando la valorización del patrimonio ferroviario en la Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina

The railway that crossed a large part of the Quebrada de Humahuaca in north‑western Argentina and linked the city of San Salvador de Jujuy with La Quiaca in Bolivia was included a few years ago in the so‑called “Plan Belgrano” for regional integration and development for its rehabilitation and restoration to service. The railroad was the backbone of the region for almost the entire 20th century, forging identities and traditions that still prevail in the memory of the settlers. Dismantled in the 1990s, it has public interest as railway heritage with‑ in the valuable cultural landscape of the Quebrada, declared a World Heritage Site. Considering the advances in the discussions on the sustainable preservation of the heritage, and after surveying the present condition of the railway, this article analyses the State interventions on the branch and the appropriation processes to which it is subject in order to produce its rehabilitation