Estudio comparativo de las condiciones de vida de las familias desplazadas por la violencia en Urabá

Por convenio entre la Universidad de Antioquia- Instituto de Estudios Regionales (INER) y la Cruz Roja programa Urabá - Cruz Roja Sueca, se está realizando este estudio con miras a conocer las condiciones de vida de las familias desplazadas por la violencia en Urabá e, igualmente, crear conciencia en las familias y en la población para controlar la violencia a nivel micro y macro; buscar para las familias desplazadas, en caso de retorno, garantías a la conservación de sus tierras y a la seguridad e integridad; contribuir a frenar el desplazamiento, y difundir nacional e internacionalmente los resultados obtenidos con el fin de llamar la atención sobre un fenómeno que afecta directamente a la familia y encadena a poblaciones entera

Presentación: Investigaciones alemanas en América Latina

Presentación del dossier sobre Investigaciones alemanas en América Latina, a cargo de Sol Montoya Bonilla, profesora del Departamento de Antropología y editora académica de esta sección

Disonancias rituales. Curupira y la ambigüedad

La antropología crea imágenes coherentes para domesticar las culturas. Esta es su fuerza sólida, y su mentira. El presente texto aborda la labor en el museo antropológico desde la perspectiva planteada en las discusiones contemporáneas de la antropología sobre el concepto procesual y relacional de cultura. El punto de partida es la acción ritual, subrayando su capacidad de disonancia y discontinuidad, es en este sentido que se alude a la figura de un espíritu de la amazonía, Curupira, que representa la ambigüedad y lo contradictorio del ser humano y del mundo espiritual. Finalmente se vinculan las reflexiones sobre el ritual con las cuestiones inherentes al museo antropológico.Anthropology creates coherent images in order to domesticate cultures. This is both its strength and its weakness. The present text approaches work in the anthropological museum from the perspective raised in contemporary anthropological discussions about the procedural and relational concept of culture. The starting point is ritual action, underlining its capacity of dissonance and discontinuity; in this sense it refers to an Amazonian spiritual character, Curupira, which represents the ambiguity and the contradictory nature of the human being and the spiri-tual world. Finally, reflections about the ritual are related to the inherent questions of the anthropological museum

Ritual y multivocalidad: el carnaval de Riosucio (Caldas) y el carnaval de Barranquilla

This article examines the study of ritual today in contemporary Latín America from the perspective of a cultural blend, highlighting a multiplicity of cultural references. It examines the concepts of discontinuity and disonance introduced by ritual theoreticians. Ritual is understood as a generic terma. A celebration as a particular kind of ritual, and the carnivalas an specific type of celebration. Two cases illustrate this analysis; the carnival of Barranquilla, and the carnival in Riosucio (Caldas). The article pretends to offer a valid approach to understand the carnival in mestizo cultures. Other carnivals could be included such as the one in Pasto, Colombia, or those of other countries, without disregarding the particularities of each locality. By retaking some narratives of the Riosucio carnival, the article integrates the concepts of discontinuity and dissonance to incorporation of socio-polítical conflict in the carnival festivities, a privileged space for the creation of alterity.El artículo estudia el ritual con énfasis en Latinoamérica a partir del mestizaje cultural, la multiplicidad de referentes culturales. Parte de los conceptos de discontinuidad y disonancia introducidos por teóricos del ritual, que se entiende como término genérico; la fiesta como un tipo particular de ritual y el carnaval como un tipo específico de fiesta. Si bien los estudios de caso que ilustran la propuesta son los carnavales de Barranquilla y de Riosucio (Caldas), el texto ofrece un abordaje válido para el carnaval en culturas mestizas; ello incluiría otros carnavales colombianos como el de Pasto o los de otros países, sin desconocer las particularidades de cada uno. Retomando algunos textos del carnaval de Riosucio, él se vinculan los conceptos de discontinuidad y disonancia a la tematización de conflictos sociopolíticos en la festividad carnavalesca, espacio privilegiado para la creación de alteridad

Reelaboración y recontextualización de referentes simbólicos :rituales de migrantes en la ciudad de Medellín

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Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study an international prospective cohort study

We aimed to determine the impact of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery during the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We performed an international prospective cohort study including patients undergoing elective surgery in October 2020. Isolation was defined as the period before surgery during which patients did not leave their house or receive visitors from outside their household. The primary outcome was postoperative pulmonary complications, adjusted in multivariable models for measured confounders. Pre-defined sub-group analyses were performed for the primary outcome. A total of 96,454 patients from 114 countries were included and overall, 26,948 (27.9%) patients isolated before surgery. Postoperative pulmonary complications were recorded in 1947 (2.0%) patients of which 227 (11.7%) were associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients who isolated pre-operatively were older, had more respiratory comorbidities and were more commonly from areas of high SARS-CoV-2 incidence and high-income countries. Although the overall rates of postoperative pulmonary complications were similar in those that isolated and those that did not (2.1% vs 2.0%, respectively), isolation was associated with higher rates of postoperative pulmonary complications after adjustment (adjusted OR 1.20, 95%CI 1.05–1.36, p = 0.005). Sensitivity analyses revealed no further differences when patients were categorised by: pre-operative testing; use of COVID-19-free pathways; or community SARS-CoV-2 prevalence. The rate of postoperative pulmonary complications increased with periods of isolation longer than 3 days, with an OR (95%CI) at 4–7 days or ≥ 8 days of 1.25 (1.04–1.48), p = 0.015 and 1.31 (1.11–1.55), p = 0.001, respectively. Isolation before elective surgery might be associated with a small but clinically important increased risk of postoperative pulmonary complications. Longer periods of isolation showed no reduction in the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications. These findings have significant implications for global provision of elective surgical care. We aimed to determine the impact of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery during the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We performed an international prospective cohort study including patients undergoing elective surgery in October 2020. Isolation was defined as the period before surgery during which patients did not leave their house or receive visitors from outside their household. The primary outcome was postoperative pulmonary complications, adjusted in multivariable models for measured confounders. Pre-defined sub-group analyses were performed for the primary outcome. A total of 96,454 patients from 114 countries were included and overall, 26,948 (27.9%) patients isolated before surgery. Postoperative pulmonary complications were recorded in 1947 (2.0%) patients of which 227 (11.7%) were associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients who isolated pre-operatively were older, had more respiratory comorbidities and were more commonly from areas of high SARS-CoV-2 incidence and high-income countries. Although the overall rates of postoperative pulmonary complications were similar in those that isolated and those that did not (2.1% vs 2.0%, respectively), isolation was associated with higher rates of postoperative pulmonary complications after adjustment (adjusted OR 1.20, 95%CI 1.05–1.36, p = 0.005). Sensitivity analyses revealed no further differences when patients were categorised by: pre-operative testing; use of COVID-19-free pathways; or community SARS-CoV-2 prevalence. The rate of postoperative pulmonary complications increased with periods of isolation longer than 3 days, with an OR (95%CI) at 4–7 days or ≥ 8 days of 1.25 (1.04–1.48), p = 0.015 and 1.31 (1.11–1.55), p = 0.001, respectively. Isolation before elective surgery might be associated with a small but clinically important increased risk of postoperative pulmonary complications. Longer periods of isolation showed no reduction in the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications. These findings have significant implications for global provision of elective surgical care