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Reinventar un héroe Narrativas sobre los soldados rasos de la guerra de Corea
El 12 de mayo de 1951 cerca de un millar de hombres desfilaron en la Plaza de Bolívar de Bogotá, prestos a dirigirse a la mayor aventura de sus vidas. Admirados por unos y cuestionados por otros, partieron hacia la península de Corea, donde se disputaba una guerra intestina que involucraba los intereses de las grandes potencias mundiales. Tres años y cientos de muertos después, regresaron a Colombia. La mayoría eran soldados rasos, y no sabían muy bien qué vendría después para ellos. El soldado raso suele ser el último en ser mencionado, pese a que constituyen casi dos tercios de los combatientes. En torno a ellos se han construido diferentes relatos: algunos los comparan con hér...
Cultura líquida
Muchas culturas han encontrado maneras de fermentar y destilar diferentes materias primas para producir un líquido casi mágico que es capaz, no solo de alterar los sentidos, sino también de generar comercio, rituales, prohibiciones, imaginarios y mitos, así como de modificar los espacios sociales. Las bebidas alcohólicas han estado presentes en la historia de Colombia, sin embargo, fue entre 1880 y 1930 cuando se experimentó el mayor cambio en la forma de consumirlas, especialmente en Bogotá. Durante estos años, la capital fue testigo del flujo de nuevas mercancías, imaginarios y saberes que el desarrollo de la economía global capitalista vertía sobre sus calles, tabernas y fábri...
Cultural Intelligence for Marketers
Brands not only reflect culture but actively shape societal norms and values. Move beyond performative inclusive marketing and drive the cultural conversation. A brand today can build a marketing strategy that not only effectively resonates with audiences but also meaningfully impacts society at large. Learn how to produce inclusive marketing using an approach grounded in critical perspectives on society and the impact brands wield in shaping it. In this book, cultural theorist and strategist Anastasia Karklina Gabriel draws on social analysis, media theory, and semiotics to help marketers improve cultural fluency and future-proof brand strategy by embedding equity and inclusion into every a...
Un largo camino.Universidad del Rosario, 365 años
Durante 365 años, el Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario ha sido una institución que permanece a la vanguardia de la educación y de los debates políticos, sociales, económicos y culturales del país. Esta obra se trata de un largo camino, una historia que no cesa y que se alimenta constantemente de aportes a las ciencias, a las letras y a la sociedad. Las diversas microhistorias recopiladas en este libro partieron de la idea de casos aislados que, durante mucho tiempo, habían pasado inadvertidos por parte de historiadores e investigadores. La conmemoración que hoy se hace al claustro, junto a una mirada en perspectiva —y haciendo alusión al Plan de Desarrollo de la institución— permite concluir que la Universidad del Rosario continúa formando a sus estudiantes bajo los mismos principios rectores con los que fue fundada, esto es, no solo ser de los estudiantes y para ellos, sino constituirse en un baluarte para la formación ética, humanística y científica.
Frontiers – Law, Theory and Cases
This book focuses on current frontier-related issues such as humanitarian crises, economic crises, discrimination of migrants in certain countries, different typologies of borders such as land, maritime, air, space, and even cyberspace borders, and environmental protection of water resources at borders. It addresses legal and theoretical considerations and presents empirical cases showing the manifestations of the concept in the real world and its dynamics. Without claiming to exhaust the debate on frontiers, especially given the breadth of the subject and the large number of viewpoints from which the phenomenon can be examined, this book intends to be a helpful source of insights for academics, university students, and others who wish to explore the complex and multifaceted worlds that emerge, particularly in a globalized society, from the interaction between the various actors and scenarios that shape the reality of frontiers.
On Hallowed Ground
“Brilliantly reveals the extraordinary courage of those who fought the final, bitter, bloody, costly days of the Korean War” (Gen. Jack I. Gregory, USAF Ret.). By the summer of 1953, the Korean War had long since reached a stalemate. As peace negotiations dragged on, units of the US 7th Infantry Division rebuilt the defenses of Hill 255, one of numerous outposts in front of the Main Line of Resistance extending across the peninsula. Better known by its nickname, Pork Chop Hill, the outpost had twice been the scene of some of the fiercest fighting of the spring. Now, the soldiers tasked with its rebuilding and defense hoped they would not be the last men to die in what had already become ...
Silencing the Past
In this provocative analysis of historical narrative, Michel-Rolph Trouillot demonstrates how power operates, often invisibly, at all stages in the making of history to silence certain voices. From the West's failure to acknowledge the Haitian Revolution, the most successful slave revolt in history, to the continued debate over denials of the Holocaust, and the meaning of Columbus's arrival in the Americas, Trouillot shows us that history is not simply the recording of facts and events, but a process of actively enforced silences, some unconscious, others quite deliberate.
Speaking to History
The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex 5th-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during the 20th century, but remains little known in the West. This book explores the story's connections to the major traumas of the 20th century, and also considers why such stories remain unknown to outsiders.
Anzac Memories
Anzac Memories was first published to acclaim in 1994, and has achieved international renown for its pioneering contribution to the study of war memory and mythology. Michael McKernan wrote that the book gave ‘as good a picture of the impact of the Great War on individuals and Australia as we are likely to get in this generation’, and Michael Roper concluded that ‘an immense achievement of this book is that it so clearly illuminates the historical processes that left men like my grandfather forever struggling to fashion myths which they could live by’. In this new edition Alistair Thomson explores how the Anzac legend has transformed over the past quarter century, how a ‘post-memory’ of the Great War creates new challenges and opportunities for making sense of the national past, and how veterans’ war memories can still challenge and complicate national mythologies. He returns to a family war history that he could not write about twenty years ago because of the stigma of war and mental illness, and he uses newly released Repatriation files to question his own earlier account of veterans’ post-war lives and memories and to think afresh about war and memory.
