Abstract

BARRERO, César Ernesto Abadía  and  SANCHEZ, Héctor Camilo Ruiz. Confronting Neoliberalism in Colombia: art and collaboration in a hospital in ruins. Etnográfica [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.3, pp.575-603. ISSN 0873-6561.  https://doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.6138.

This article interconnects the history of Instituto Materno Infantil (IMI) - a component of the emblematic Hospital San Juan de Dios (HSJD) of Colombia - with that of its workers and with our participation through a collaborative ethnography filled by art and activism. IMI is one of the most important public hospitals of the country. It was closed down in 2006 as a result of the implementation of neoliberal reforms to the country’s health care system. The article shows some intersections between art, activism and anthropology.

Keywords : art; ethnography; action-research; health.

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