Camilo Torres
Biographic Data
| ID | 3764809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Camilo Torres |
| GIVEN NAMES | Camilo |
| FAMILY NAME | Torres |
| SIGNATURE | TORRES C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6694-9583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The arrival of wagons to the Andes
The slow adoption of wagon roads on the Andes is an event widely noted. In this article we document the arrival of the first wagon road to the Andes: the Cambao wagon road connecting Bogotá to the Magdalena river valley in 1885. The road projects, its construction and traffic once it opened are presented and discussed using a variety of newly identified archival sources. It is argued that the historic and economic significance of this technologic…
Re-imagining environmental governance
This article describes and analyses an encounter in the Colombian Amazon between Indigenous practices and arrangements to manage their environment and the conservation policies of the State. Indigenous peoples understand their world as populated by powerful human and nonhuman beings; for them, the moral duty of achieving happiness and abundance for all implies sustaining reciprocal and respectful relations with these beings (including the State).…
Mundos equivocados
Este artículo describe y analiza los efectos de la minería artesanal que involucra a comunidades Andoque del Resguardo Aduche (Amazonía colombiana) en su seguridad alimentaria. En términos analíticos, el punto de partida es la existencia de diferentes perspectivas sobre las actividades de las poblaciones indígenas. Algunas de estas -las que se basan en la noción de "carencia"- distorsionan los ensamblajes en los que participan las comunidades ind…
Reflexive governance for food security
On Communist Priests
Camilo Torres is the well-known priest and revolutionary who died in combat in February 1966 while leading a guerrilla band in Colombia. Earlier he had been a professor of sociology and chaplain at the National University in Bogota. His writings and the example of his revolutionary commitment greatly influenced subsequent practitioners of liberation theology. The following is taken from an interview which appeared in La Hora (Guatemala), May 1965…
Revolutionary Writings
Reflexive governance for food security
Re-imagining environmental governance
This article describes and analyses an encounter in the Colombian Amazon between Indigenous practices and arrangements to manage their environment and the conservation policies of the State. Indigenous peoples understand their world as populated by powerful human and nonhuman beings; for them, the moral duty of achieving happiness and abundance for all implies sustaining reciprocal and respectful relations with these beings (including the State).…
Revolutionary Writings
On Communist Priests
Camilo Torres is the well-known priest and revolutionary who died in combat in February 1966 while leading a guerrilla band in Colombia. Earlier he had been a professor of sociology and chaplain at the National University in Bogota. His writings and the example of his revolutionary commitment greatly influenced subsequent practitioners of liberation theology. The following is taken from an interview which appeared in La Hora (Guatemala), May 1965…
Reflexive governance for food security
Mundos equivocados
Este artículo describe y analiza los efectos de la minería artesanal que involucra a comunidades Andoque del Resguardo Aduche (Amazonía colombiana) en su seguridad alimentaria. En términos analíticos, el punto de partida es la existencia de diferentes perspectivas sobre las actividades de las poblaciones indígenas. Algunas de estas -las que se basan en la noción de "carencia"- distorsionan los ensamblajes en los que participan las comunidades ind…
The arrival of wagons to the Andes
The slow adoption of wagon roads on the Andes is an event widely noted. In this article we document the arrival of the first wagon road to the Andes: the Cambao wagon road connecting Bogotá to the Magdalena river valley in 1885. The road projects, its construction and traffic once it opened are presented and discussed using a variety of newly identified archival sources. It is argued that the historic and economic significance of this technologic…
Re-imagining environmental governance
This article describes and analyses an encounter in the Colombian Amazon between Indigenous practices and arrangements to manage their environment and the conservation policies of the State. Indigenous peoples understand their world as populated by powerful human and nonhuman beings; for them, the moral duty of achieving happiness and abundance for all implies sustaining reciprocal and respectful relations with these beings (including the State).…
Geography (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Amazon rainforest (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)