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Urban Security: the Role of Media
November 04, 2010

At the occasion of the international conference in Panama on security for Central America, I was interviewed by the United Nations Program on Development about the challenges for security in the Americas, the role played by civil society, and especially women, the role of media. I also made reference about the experience of Palermo in the fight against the Mafia. I gave the interview only a few days after I returned from Monterrey in Mexico, where I had participated in a meeting on values and civic engagement. In one word: security in Latin America will relay on strategies that will activate citizen participation and make our imperfect democracies more inclusive.

 



 
Colombia: The Calamity of Displaced People.

January 05, 2010

July 2009. On Sunday I visited the Tercer Milenio Park; the area only a few blocks away from the President’s palace that internally displaced people occupied in protest in Bogota. Since mid-March, about 2,000 people (one third minors) live here in fragile huts made of nylon and pieces of wood. By occupying the public sphere they intended to make visible the drama of more then 4 million of forcibly displaced people; victims of a prolonged internal conflict and of political violence.


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Michael Taussig in Colombia
Michael Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University, and worldwide known for his work on violence. He has been doing fieldwork in Colombia since 1969.
In 2006, during my fieldwork, Taussig came to visit me, and stayed with me for a week. Taussig was my doctoral dissertation adviser.
He is author of several books, among them: Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man, My Cocaine Museum, Law in a Lawless Land, What Color is the Sacred.
Michael Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University, and worldwide known for his work on violence. He has been doing fieldwork in Colombia since 1969. In 2006, during my fieldwork, Taussig came to visit me, and stayed with me for a week. Taussig was my doctoral dissertation adviser. He is author of several books, among them: Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man, My Cocaine Museum, Law in a Lawless Land, What Color is the Sacred.
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Michael Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University, and worldwide known for his work on violence. He has been doing fieldwork in Colombia since 1969. In 2006, during my fieldwork, Taussig came to visit me, and stayed with me for a week. Taussig was my doctoral dissertation adviser. He is author of several books, among them: Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man, My Cocaine Museum, Law in a Lawless Land, What Color is the Sacred.
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Michael Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University, and worldwide known for his work on violence. He has been doing fieldwork in Colombia since 1969. In 2006, during my fieldwork, Taussig came to visit me, and stayed with me for a week. Taussig was my doctoral dissertation adviser. He is author of several books, among them: Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man, My Cocaine Museum, Law in a Lawless Land, What Color is the Sacred.
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Michael Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University, and worldwide known for his work on violence. He has been doing fieldwork in Colombia since 1969. In 2006, during my fieldwork, Taussig came to visit me, and stayed with me for a week. Taussig was my doctoral dissertation adviser. He is author of several books, among them: Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man, My Cocaine Museum, Law in a Lawless Land, What Color is the Sacred.
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Michael Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University, and worldwide known for his work on violence. He has been doing fieldwork in Colombia since 1969. In 2006, during my fieldwork, Taussig came to visit me, and stayed with me for a week. Taussig was my doctoral dissertation adviser. He is author of several books, among them: Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man, My Cocaine Museum, Law in a Lawless Land, What Color is the Sacred.

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