– Good morning Lara. I hope you got a good rest. Today is a busy day. Your first meeting starts at 8am. Exactly in one hour. – Hi, yes, thanks for the reminder. I have a chain of meetings today. – There is no rush. You have time. I have time. – Yes, I know,…
The journeys, writings, and drawings of Alexander von Humboldt have been powerful engines for the western imagination. He, and his network of pen pals, artists, and scientists around the world, mobilized not only the romantic aesthetic movement in the letters and arts, but also an ecological notion of the natural sciences. However, despite proposing a…
In Guainía, the land of many waters and frontiers, we also went South. We navigated the course of the Inirida river towards the south in search of the Cerros de Mavecure, a sacred place in the middle of the Orinoquia jungle savannas. The Cerros are a group of massive tepui rocks formed during the Earth…
Located at the eastern side of Colombia, bordering Venezuela and Brazil, and at the transition between the Orinoquia and Amazonia forests, is the department (state) of Guainia. Known as the “land of many waters” due to its rich hydrography, Guainia has remained on the margins of the country for centuries, with fragile connections to the…
It has been almost three months since I returned to Bogota. Quickly, I have tried to adapt to its scale, flows, and rhythms. It has been quite an intense experience, full of surprises, memories, and paradoxes. My hometown has changed a lot, but is also the same. As I step and do not step into…
Students, teachers, and parents continue to fight for school reforms in several Latin American and Caribbean countries. Last week, they organized a networked simultaneous strike in Sao Paulo, Mexico City, La Paz, Santiago, Bogota, Lima, Santo Domingo, and Buenos Aires, in which millions of people occupied both physical and virtual public spaces. Their voices, in…
The past three weeks have gone fast. Time flies the first months of the year. It is mid February and it feels I am a Bogotanian again. Walking sidewalks fool of geographic accidents, taking little shoes taxi cabs, and riding busetas. Now in a a new role as a professor and living in Chapinero, a…