The “ Afro we’re diverse!” Identities, representations and territoriality among Afrocolombian young people in Medellín, Colombia

Authors

  • Vladimir Montoya Arango University of Antioquia
  • Andrés García Sánchez University of Antioquia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.boan.7947

Keywords:

Colombia, Medellín, Identities, Afrocolombianidad, Territory, Rootlessness, Young people

Abstract

During the last two decades, the incessant arrival of displacement and rootlessness
Afro-Colombian people to Medellín has produced the emergence of complex intercultural relations and transformed the urban landscapes. We will review the historical process of identity construction in Antioquia in order to understand the invisibility of the presence, knowledge and expertise of Afrodescendants and to contextualize the resistance of the black communities, in the midst of exclusionary and discriminatory city
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Author Biographies

Vladimir Montoya Arango, University of Antioquia

Coordinator of the Master in Socio-spatial Studies. Researcher attached to the Territory Studies Group, Institute of Regional Studies -INER-

Andrés García Sánchez, University of Antioquia

Chair teacher. Researcher attached to the Territory Studies Group, Institute of Regional Studies -INER-

Published

2011-03-07

How to Cite

Montoya Arango, V., & García Sánchez, A. (2011). The “ Afro we’re diverse!” Identities, representations and territoriality among Afrocolombian young people in Medellín, Colombia. Boletín De Antropología, 24(41), 44–64. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.boan.7947

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Misceláneo