Colombian Audiovisual Memory in YouTube
Among all the metaphors that can be used to understand YouTube, I choose the one of an archive because it allows me to explore the relation between media and me...
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Social Protests in Colombia: Farmers, Urban Youth and Digital Networked Media
The last two weeks of August in Colombia were pretty intense, unique, and inspiring in terms of social movements, media practices, and participation. The social...
LLamas, Sombreros, and Crowns: Latinamerican Bricolage and Informal Photo-booths
Llamas are amusing. Their faces and glance have a gesture that somehow makes them human. They are elegant, serious, and calm. They also have a very formal postu...
The Enchanted Woods from the Isla de La Corota
One of the highest lakes in the Andes is located in the south of Colombia, in the region of Nariño, at 2820 meters over the sea level. The tribe of Quiyasingas ...
Cuuuuuuuuuumbia Digital: Transnational Cumbia, Deejay Culture and Digital Technology
The journey of cumbia, a rhythm from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, across the Americas is an interesting example of the power of Caribbean music to transcend...
telenovela and the dramatization of everything
July 30th, 2009 (re-posted from vVvAlog at mit) after almost two months of being in my home country i want to write a few things about the public life, the news...