Precursor of archeology Venezuela and Latin America for many years at Falcon
"The spirit of matter" was written by sociologist Catalan Ferran Cabrero, coordinator of the Indigenous Initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The theory always was clear: America was populated long time before the English occupation. Even dared to ensure that human origins on this continent can be traced back at least 30,000 years before present (BP), reaching the Paleoindian period, the longest in American prehistory, a period that culminated in 1492 with the arrival Christopher Columbus lands unknown.
Throughout his life, José María Cruxent (Catalonia 1911-Venezuela 2005) attempted to demonstrate the vast age and racial diversity of men and women born on this side of the world, organizing and participating in numerous archaeological campaigns across the national territory and beyond our borders. Among the most famous and controversial excavations made by the scientist are: Nueva Cádiz (Cubagua Island, Venezuela), La Isabela (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), Pedregal River Valley and Taima-Taima (Coro, Falcon), and Franco-Venezuelan expedition to the headwaters of the Orinoco.
The spirit of matter Cruxent reveals to whom many were associated as a colleague and coworker, but few had the opportunity to get to know as a person. The play was written by Ferran Cabrero, a native of Catalonia sociologist who out of curiosity and affinity (both were Catalans and were currently voluntary exile), decided to move to the city of Coro, in November 2003 to discuss for two days with founder of the Center of Anthropology of the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), which by then was 92 years old.
"It's a passionate man, one of the pioneers of modern social science. The issue that perhaps makes the difference is this spirit and these desires and love for freedom, with its contrasts. It was a brave person and posted by its nature "Cabrera said during the christening of the book, published recently by the editorial of IVIC, Ediciones IVIC, as part of the" Biography Series "on promoters of science researchers in Venezuela. Currently, Cabrero coordinates the project "Indigenous Initiative" of the Democratic Governance Team of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and directs the Higher Diploma in Cultural Management Faculty Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), based in Ecuador.
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The book is the original version in Catalan Castilian, L'esperit of Matter (2008), translated by the author. The research is based on 52 interviews, field visits during the period 2003-2007, and an exhaustive review of documents in libraries and historical archives of various institutions. Among these include: the Museum of Natural Sciences of Caracas, IVIC, Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda "Coro, the Museum of Modern Art in Caracas, the National Art Gallery, the Art Museum of Coro the Museum of Jean Marc de Civrieux of Merida, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas, the Archive the Explorers' Club of New York (which was Cruxent member) and the Specific Fund for the Public Library, also from New York, among others.
addition to containing an interesting selection of photographs with comments on children, youth and adulthood Cruxent and its many explorations and discoveries, the book presents a chronological summary of his publications, more than 200 as principal and co-author, from the year 1944 to 2003. Beyond
tell the story of life of this Catalan-Venezuela, "the study also aims to be useful in understanding how collective knowledge is produced from science, and even what extent it can be determined by the ideologies and political interests, "said Cabrera in the introduction of the text.
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As Cabrera in the spirit of the matter, the legacy of José María Cruxent has served as inspiration for a series Coro of cultural, social, designed to rescue ancient traditions and values \u200b\u200bof people . The most iconic are the Museum of Ceramics and Dishes Popular Historical, Cultural Center, the Library and the Children's Museum of Tara-Tara, the cooperative that manages the Archaeological and Paleontological Taima-Taima, and micro craft and basketry, fairly tourist demand.
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