The game of Tejo: A national symbol or an uninished project? by Rodríguez, Gabriel Abello

“…In the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century, a small sector of the elite class with nationalist and hygienist tendencies, had the intention of using this popular game as a civilizing instrument for working class sectors and transforming it into the national sport of Colombian people. Their purpose was to make sports accessible to all, to generate discipline, and control men and women’s free time.Besides, they had the intention of becoming an identity model for the construction of a national identity.…”

nfluence of religion in politics and its position withregard to the configuration of political opposition inColombia by Saavedra-Buitrago, Iván Camilo

“…This causes that those confessions that do not receive the described qualities, are seriously disadvantaged by such organizations using many times the power of the State, by action or omission to fulfill its objective; that is, to bequeath them legally, forcing them to abandon their beliefs, traditions and customs; in other words, stripping them of any trait related to their idiosyncrasies and therefore preventing the Colombian people to get political culture and a critical judgment against social reality…”

PROFESSOR ORLANDO FALS BORDA, HIS IDEAS SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL IDEAS FOR THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY CHANGE by Ocampo López, Javier

“…Born in Barranquilla, this illustrious educator had particular interest in developing Colombian people’s sociological research and defending the education role in the social change. …”

Discurso e ideología. Una aproximación a las alocuciones presidenciales, como formas de control social by Martínez García, Caterine Paola