Cultural Producers And Social Change In Latin America

Cultural Producers and Social Change in Latin America This page intentionally left blank Cultural Producers and Social Change in Latin America Felipe Cala Buendía cultural producers and social change in latin america Copyright © Felipe Cala Buendía, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-46537-5 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-49953-3 ISBN 978-1-137-46223-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137462237 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cala Buendía, Felipe, 1980– Cultural producers and social change in Latin America / by Felipe Cala Buendía. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Social change—Latin America. 2. Politics and culture—Latin America. 3. Arts and society—Latin America. 4. Latin America—Cultural policy. I. Title. HN110.5.A8C342 2014 303.4098—dc23 2014023866 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: December 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Para Diana, por supuesto. This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi 1 The Happiness of Pursuit 2 The Cultura Ciudadana Policy in Bogotá: Out-of-the-Box Governance in a Violent City 3 The Cultural Resistance of Colectivo Sociedad Civil in Peru: Performing Citizenship in the Time of Fear 4 Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani and the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission: In a Very Imperfect World 5 The Eloísa Cartonera Initiative in Buenos Aires: The Poetics of Labor 1 105 Conclusion: The Art of Voice 135 Notes 143 References 161 Index 181 17 53 79 This page intentionally left blank Figures 2.1 Actions and policies that improved the quality of life in people’s households in Bogotá, 1998–2003 2.2 Some advances in cultura ciudadana in Bogotá, 2000–2003 4.1 Percentage of people in Lima reporting improvement in selected issues 4.2 A graphic approximation of percepticide in Peru 5.1 Events of social protest in Argentina, 1997–2003 47 48 84 86 117 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments I must first acknowledge the invaluable contributions of Jeremy Adelman, Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, and Germán Labrador, whose comments—accurate, insightful, and right on target—were always illuminating and liberating in their opening of new avenues of inquiry. Their generosity in sharing their insight and knowledge is testament not only to their academic commitment but also to their friendship. I am also very grateful to Fernando Acosta, Charles Beitz, Peter Brooks, Susana Draper, Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, Douglas Massey, Gabriela Nouzeilles, Alejandro Portes, Rachel Price, Ignacio Walker, Marcy Schwartz, Doris Sommer, Diana Taylor, and Deborah Yashar, who provided feedback on early versions of different chapters or suggested valuable readings. I must also thank Hugo Acero, Gustavo Buntix, Álvaro Camacho Guizado, Augusto Casafranca, Esteban Charpentier, Ana Correa, Washington Cucurto, María Gómez, María Victoria Llorente, Lika Mutal, Soc