Resumen

DALBEN, André. El proyecto de la Colonia Nacional de Vacaciones: historias, memorias y sujetos. Hist. educ. anu. [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.2, pp.160-188. ISSN 2313-9277.

The paper analyzes the National Vacation Colony project, presented to the National Council of Education of Argentina in 1915. The historical analysis reached to establish the individuals involved in the creation of the project and the political clashes they participated. It was a great new beginning and of grand proportions, which united a policy towards a preventive health to education, but was never implanted. Although the National Vacation Colony was not built in Uspallata (Mendoza), as initially planned in the project, an experimental trip had taken place with the help of the Popular Society of Education. By investigating the history of this initiative, it was possible to conclude that the vacation colonies positioned themselves in the intersection of public health and education, prioritizing the open-air recreation and the development of sociability. They were extracurricular institutions conceived and defended by hygienist and eugenicist movements and also by alternative education and social reform movements.

Palabras clave : Colonias de vacaciones; Vacaciones escolares; Historia de la educación; Historia de la higiene; Historia de la educación física; Vacation camps; School holiday; History of education; History of hygiene; History of physical education.