Orlando Fals Borda
Orlando Fals Borda (born July 11, 1925 in Barranquilla , † August 12, 2008 in Bogotá ) was a Colombian sociologist .
Fals Borda received his PhD in sociology from the University of Florida in 1955 . In 1959 he founded the first sociological faculty in Latin America at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia , together with Camilo Torres Restrepo . At the end of the 1960s, he made a decisive contribution to founding the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales . in the 1970s he founded the magazine Alternativa with Gabriel Garcia Marquez .
Fonts (selection)
- Peasant society in the Colombian Andes: a sociological study of Saucío. 1955
- Subversion and social change in Colombia. 1969
- The challenge of social change. 1984
- Action and knowledge: breaking the monopoly with participatory action research. 1991
literature
- Birgit Fritz: From revolution to auto-poise. On the trail of Augusto Boal into the 21st century. The theater of the oppressed in the context of peace work and an aesthetic of perception . Ibidem, Stuttgart, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8382-0553-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Orlando Fals Borda in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Literature by and about Orlando Fals Borda in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Literature by and about Orlando Fals Borda in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Meschkat : Exploring reality in order to change it: Farewell to Orlando Fals Borda (1925-2008) . Information Center Latin America eV
- ↑ Richard Gott: Obituary for Orlando Fals Borda. (English) , guardian.co.uk, August 26, 2008, accessed June 10, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fals Borda, Orlando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barranquilla |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 2008 |
| Place of death | Bogotá |