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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The Colombian Graffiti Explosion : 24 Hours of Writing in Bogota, Medellin, and Cali
Grafitti writing and street art have spread through the walls of Bogota and other Colombian cities during the last decade opening an important space of creative...
Navigating Bogota Literary Patchwork
Fragmentation and discontinuity are the major characteristics of not only Bogotanian contemporary literature, but also of the urban and cultural landscape of th...
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 ...
Violentology: a Photographic Project on Colombian Armed Conflict
The Republic of Colombia has a long history of violence that goes back to its birth in 1810 and expands through more than two centuries. Colombians have grown u...