El conflicto de Colombia

"Fine political geography of central Nueva Granada (Santa Fe prov.) was originally prepared as a master's thesis. Demonstrates how changing property boundaries and land use both illustrated and activated shifts in social power relationships. For example, the dislocation of indigenous communities helped weaken the corregidores de naturales, which, in turn, facilitated the rise of other local administrators and jurisdictions and quickened the pace of miscegenation and citizenship expansion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Historia de la Tristeza narra la vida de cinco mujeres que luchan por sobrevivir al desplazamiento y a la pérdida de identidad, después de dejar a sus espaldas lo que alguna vez fueron y amaron. Todas han vivido en carne propia diferentes tipos de agresión: política, social y doméstica. Lo conocido ha sido disgregado, los vínculos se han roto y, en ese caótico deambular en medio del dolor, los personajes indeleblemente buscan un nuevo hogar, la permanencia de nuevas raíces, un nuevo renacer. Son las víctimas de La Violencia que ha azotado a Colombia desde la década de los años...

"Excellent study by a team of Colombian social scientists of the recent evolution of Colombian-Venezuelan relations and their process of integration. Analyzes Colombian and Venezuelan roles in the other country's foreign policy, evolution of bilateral relations (1989-92), commercial relations, and negotiations and agreements on border, commercial, transportation, energy, environmental, and other issues. Concludes that integration process has lost momentum and recommends the reduction of the number and complexity of issues under discussion, while focusing attention on implementation of...

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,...