Jointly hosted by the Americas Archaeology Group and the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Speaker: Dr Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas (University of Cambridge)
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In deciphering the materialities of the early colonial and republican societies in the former Spanish colonies, indigenous resistance has always received central attention. In this talk, I want to present the contributions of various works carried out in Colombia to date. From a multidisciplinary approach that includes archaeological excavations, archival research, and ethnographic work, this talk will examine several of the main components that have characterized the dynamics of indigenous resistance in Colombia and how we can think of them as alternative cultural responses. These works have thought of resistance as a creative process through which social strategies, both in the colonial and republican periods but even in the contemporary world, are expressed as a series of encounters of power, transformation, and experimentation.
Contact name: Oliver Antczak, Jasmine Vieri, Joshua Fitzgerald
Contact email: oa273@cam.ac.uk