Slováci v Argentíne: viacero údajov a niekoľko otázok
Slovaks in Argentina: More data and a few questions

Summary/Abstract: From the last quarter of the 19th century until the period before the Second World War, the societies that inhabited the territories that today correspond mainly to Slovakia and the Czech Republic were one of the main senders of overseas migrants. In correlation with this, Argentina was one of the largest recipients of such migratory waves. Therefore, the permanent and systematic presence of Slovaks and Czechs and their descendants in Argentina can be understood primarily as a migratory phenomenon. Individuals who identify themselves as Slovaks, Czechs or Czechoslovaks, or their descendants, form collectives with certain specific characteristics, which, however, correspond to the general characteristics that can be attributed to the so-called ‘great immigration’. One step towards understanding the profile and dynamics of the presence of Slovaks and Czechs in Argentina and the collectives that followed them is to understand the dimensions of such a massive immigration process and its social, historical, and ideological framework. This paper aims to provide basic data that will contribute to this understanding. For this purpose, the general Argentine census, and statistical data on transoceanic immigration to that country and the regulatory, political, and ideological frameworks are presented, always considering the communities of interest and their sending and receiving states. In a parallel and complementary way, we present the questions that emerge from these data and that are related to the guiding questions of the research project that convenes us and that are proposed for future research work.

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