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District 13 of Medellín: The Drama on the Armed Conflict in Medellin, Colombia
This book is based on the human drama experience d by thousands of people who have been forever marked by the armed conflict in Comuna 13, which is a district of Medellín City, Colombia. It is a revealing testimony of the largest armed confrontation that has ever taken place within involved all legal and illegal armed groups of that time, and of which the civilian population was the main victim. Comuna 13 of Medellín is a district which is mostly inhabited by humble people with low income, who strive each day to meet theirs basic needs and to move ahead, even in the most precarious and unfavorable conditions. These are people who were innocently trapped in the midle of the conflict between the armed groups and became victims of different violent acts. This book is a tribute to the innocent victims, to those people who have suffered so much, and who were directly or indirectly exposed to such a traumatic existence. Also, to those who were innocent victims of the bullets in the armed conflict, which extinguished hundreds of lives.
Comuna 13
This book describes the impressive social transformation achieved through art and culture by many residents of District 13 in Medellín. The precinct still has difficulties and work pending. It has ceased to be a warzone and part of its area became one of the largest open-air galleries in the word, with trails furnished with beautiful, colored murals that relate the sorrows and hopes of its residents. Here we will also recount the life-stories of the artists who painted these works in the Graffitour Comuna 13, who, through their art, have narrated events that ocurred in the times of the military conflict and who now reflect on current developments. In like manner, we present the work of some...
Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship
This book presents a curated collection of research on ethnic entrepreneurship, focusing on the informal sector. The common theme of the expert contributions is that entrepreneurial motivation to start informal business is paramount to ethnic groups. In particular, the book explores the factors influencing ethnic groups to start informal businesses and how this creates innovative business activity. It also charts the evolution of ethnic entrepreneurship and informal businesses in advanced and emerging economies; the diversity of entrepreneurial strategies; the economics of co-ethnic employment; and the issues surrounding immigrant entrepreneurship. The book is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of informal ethnic entrepreneurship, as well as for policy makers and entrepreneurs.
Defining Landscape Democracy
This stimulating book explores theories, conceptual frameworks, and cultural approaches with the purpose of uncovering a cross-cultural understanding of landscape democracy, a concept at the intersection of landscape, democracy and spatial justice. The authors of Defining Landscape Democracy address a number of questions that are critical to the contemporary discourse on the right to landscape: Why is democracy relevant to landscape? How do we democratise landscape? How might we achieve landscape and spatial justice?
Transitional Justice, Distributive Justice, and Transformative Constitutionalism
This volume offers the first dedicated scholarly comparison of Colombia and South Africa in relation to the intersecting ideas of transitional justice, distributive justice, and transformative constitutionalism.
The 13th District
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Brooklyn Street Art
A collection of color photographs that showcase the street art of Brooklyn, New York.
The Accountant's Story
"I have many scars. Some of them are physical, but many more are scars on my soul. A bomb sent to kill me while I was in a maximum security prison has made me blind, yet now I see the world more clearly than I have ever seen it before. I have lived an incredible adventure. I watched as my brother, Pablo Escobar, became the most successful criminal in history, but also a hero to many of the people of Colombia. My brother was loved and he was feared. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in his funeral procession, and certainly as many people celebrated his death." These are the words of Roberto Escobar-the top accountant for the notorious and deadly Medellen Cartel, and brother of Pablo Esc...
