Bogotá, un museo a cielo abierto

En este libro se trata de analizar de manera comparada el regimen politico colombiano, como democracia sui generis, sirviendose de las categorias asociadas a los regimenes de excepcion; igualmente, se trata de avanzar en un analisis sobre la combinacion singular de fenomenos que tiene lugar en el territorio nacional y que se presentan como una irrupcion poliforme de violencia.

CONTENIDO: Organización - Origen - Institucionalización - Fundamentos y problemas políticos - Marxismo y Lennismo - Bolivarianismo - El concepto de sociedad civil - Población civil y derecho internacional humanitario - Democracia y poder local - Dificultades del quehacer político - El problema urbano.

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)

Two exhibitions that propose a dialogue from diverse perspectives around art, archaeology and the human body. The exhibition "Amerindian Bodies: Art and culture of the corporal modifications" curated by archaeologist Uribe explores the cultural, social and symbolic richness of the corporal interventions amongst the Pre-Columbian societies of Colombia. The interventions in skin, muscles, bone, hair, denture and nails, far from being superfluous, are vital in the construction of the social identity of the people. The exhibition follows the beauty ideals, religious rituals, economic activities,...