La ciudad en el tiempo

Decisions of the Colombian Supreme Court and Senate on the constitutionality of state laws and constitutions.

Las herencias y aptitudes tradicionales - Las asociaciones iniciales y la participación en el poder - La encomienda y el poder político - Tierra, demografía, prestigio - Guerra y paz. Las asociaciones incompatibles - El desenlace de las tensiones políticas - La hacienda y el nacimiento de los partidos políticos - La confluencia de dos mundos - Estructura asociativa y desarrollo.

"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...

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,...