Escobar

toneloc24 says on May 7, 2009, 13:20:

I think you might want to retitle this thread. The name alone brings some pretty divisive discussion here. Best of luck.

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island girl says on May 7, 2009, 13:25:

Well it was titled Escobar - Arturo Escobar and it was not stirring up NADA. So I thought this title might get peeps to at least read it and find out about a VERY POSITIVE GOOD THING FOR COLOMBIA, another COLOMBIAN being successful and fighting for equality in Colombia. And there seem to be some people on here who a) are very knowledgable about ALL things Colombian and b) are pretty well read and c) exhibit a good mix of both a) and b). So I really wanted some opinions. Desi?

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on May 7, 2009, 13:32:

I have none on this topic, this far. Give me a link and I'll look into it.

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toneloc24 says on May 7, 2009, 13:40:

Well, it was just a suggestion in light of what's going on in the latest thread about Escobar, the movie. You may have a good topic, but things get misconstrrued and out of hand here. I still wish you well in your search.

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island girl says on May 7, 2009, 13:41:

http://www.uoregon.edu/~dgalvan/intl240-f08/escobar.pdf

This is the intro of his book on development that I name above. Goodle Scholar should have links to some of his articles - he has been working in and on Choco since 1993.

I like his Critical Development Studies approach and am looking into some of his papers on the Colombian Pacific.

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island girl says on May 7, 2009, 13:46:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=7sKfVbxqa-QC&oi=fnd&pg=PA19... pacific arturo escobar&ots=CHnZ7tlIcC&sig=Gdrf4OY7jtRvGU8Hbhg8l8g-3qg

On the Colombian Pacific.

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romy says on May 7, 2009, 13:52:

looks interesting...

Antropologia y desarrollo
Arturo Calle nacio y crecio en Colombia. Se educo en la Universidad del Valle, en la Cornell University y en la Universidad de California, en Berkeley (donde se doctoro en 1987). Entre sus especialidades figuran la ecología política y la antropología del desarrrollo, los movimientos sociales y las nuevas tecnologías. Es autor de Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third world(1995). Actualmente es Catedratico Adjunto de Antropologia en la Universidad de Massachussetts, en Amherst

Seems to be at Chapel Hill now
http://www.unc.edu/~aescobar/index.htm

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island girl says on May 8, 2009, 17:51:

Thanks Romy! It's time another Escobar got some space on this site... and this one (Arturo) is acutally a a pretty standout guy IMHO.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on May 9, 2009, 12:39:

Ok, I'm in, Island_girl. Interesting reading, but it'll take a while before I've finished.

It's time for Colombia to move on and leave the somber legacy of the drug culture behind. Escobar is such a common name in Colombia.....

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billyb says on May 9, 2009, 20:13:

Desi, you might get a kick out of travelsnorway's reply to my "wait till 4pm" comment on his thread, it will simoncito ;)

http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/pereira-inquirynote-again/#new

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on May 9, 2009, 23:06:

LOL!!!

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