This article aims to reconstruct the role played by a giant of American philanthropy—the Ford Foundation (FF)—in Argentina starting from a very critical moment for Inter-American relations during the Cold War: 1959. The research is based on an extensive amount of archive sources, including specific information about the grants given by the foundation to hard science professionals in order to escape the political emergency of the mid-Sixties. This contribution will be divided into three parts (i) a brief introduction to the main goals and strategy of the FF and strategy in Latin America in light of the imperatives of the bipolar conflict (ii) the role played in supporting social sciences and organizing resettlement programs (iii) the several contradictions in the process of welcoming these scholars in the U.S. academies.

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文化慈善和政治流放：阿根廷和美国之间的福特基金会（1959-1979）

本文旨在从冷战期间美洲关系的一个非常关键的时刻：1959 年开始，重构美国慈善事业的巨头福特基金会 (FF) 在阿根廷所扮演的角色。该研究基于大量档案来源，包括有关基金会向硬科学专业人士提供赠款的具体信息，以逃避 60 年代中期的政治紧急情况。本贡献将分为三个部分 (i) 简要介绍 FF 的主要目标和战略以及根据两极冲突的紧迫性在拉丁美洲的战略 (ii) 在支持社会科学和组织重新安置方面发挥的作用(iii) 美国学术界欢迎这些学者的过程中存在的几个矛盾。