Avatars of Memory. Rituals and Commemorative Practices in Colombia, 1864-1913

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dc.contributor.advisorKraay, Hendrik
dc.contributor.advisorKiddle, Amelia
dc.contributor.authorBarrios Giraldo, David
dc.contributor.committeememberSpangler, Jewel
dc.contributor.committeememberGarces Montes, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.committeememberGobin, Anuradha
dc.contributor.committeememberAppelbaum, Nancy P.
dc.date2021-11
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-21T20:34:21Z
dc.date.available2021-09-21T20:34:21Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractThis study shows how Antioquia elites re-imagined, through commemorations, their collective past and invented their region, as a symbolic appropriation of the space – the highlands – that they inhabited. The identity that emerged from that process was the basis on which Antioqueño elites negotiated hegemony with those of the national capital. Here I show for the first time how provincial institutions, town councils and local elites promoted cultural events that proclaimed the affirmation of a “historical region” and at the same time insisted upon their Colombianidad (Colombianness). Antioqueño elites saw regional history as the mean to emphasize their contribution to a common national identity dating back to the wars of independence. I argue in this dissertation, regional and local elites in Antioquia opposed the history that the Liberals in the capital wanted to impose, which presupposed the existence of a nation before the war of independence. In addition to having challenged the power of the capital through war, regional elites did not find in the nationalization of the anniversary of Bogota’s independence the idea of a stable community advancing towards the liberal utopia.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBarrios Giraldo, D. (2021). Avatars of memory. Rituals and commemorative practices in Colombia, 1864-1913 (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39224
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113907
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectLatin Americaen_US
dc.subjectColombiaen_US
dc.subjectCivic Ritualsen_US
dc.subjectCommemorationsen_US
dc.subject.classificationEconomics--Historyen_US
dc.titleAvatars of Memory. Rituals and Commemorative Practices in Colombia, 1864-1913en_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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