Intelectuales, estado y nación en Colombia

Descripcion histórico-sociológica de la influencia y repercusiones en la conjunción de tres grupos sociales distintos como son los trabajadores que llegaron al Nuevo Reino de Granada, los villanos que buscaron mediante el pillaje y la criminalidad fortuna y un medio fácil de subsistencia, y al final las mujeres que se mezclaron como amantes de los dos grupos anteriores. También se describe el mestizaje de los pueblos indígenas con los emigrantes del viejo mundo

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,...

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

La violencia es el principal problema de la sociedad colom biana, es causa y consecuencia de la dificultad de construir una comunidad de experiencias e ideales, este es el tema que toca tan apropiadamente este texto.