%0 Journal Article %T El bicentenario de la independencia en Colombia: rituales, documentos, reflexiones %A Vargas %A sebasti¨˘n %J Memoria y Sociedad %D 2011 %I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana %X the purpose of this paper is to explore the politics of memory and the public uses of history in the context of the bicentennial of independence in colombia. it proposes a double balance. on the one hand, the rituals: those celebrations and commemorative projects, both official and dissident, who were held to mark the 200 years of "independence" from colombia. in the other hand, the documents: books,articles, documentaries and other intellectual and artistic production that has been addressed to reflect on the bicentennial celebrations in colombia and latin america. %K bicentennial of independence %K ritual commemoration %K politics of memory %K public uses of history %K cultural events - bicentenario - colombia %K colombia - bicentennial - war of independence %K 1810-1819 %K colombia - history - war of independence %K 1810-1819 %K latin america - bicentennial - war of independence %K 1810-1819. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0122-51972011000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en