A Study of the Dialogic Dimension of Critical Thinking in Medical Students at the Antonio Nariño University Authors: Olarte, Luis Eduardo, Escobar Martínez, Magally, Jaimes Monroy, Gustavo

“…The great diversity of investigative approaches to critical thinking has allowed studies to target diverse populations, mainly in educational settings, the majority of these studies being in the context of evaluating the learning processes, in which aspects are involved. such as in which there are involved aspects such as educational methodologies, the preparation of teachers on critical thinking, teaching strategies, among others, which represent a set of tools necessary for the promotion and development of critical thinking in students.…”

Arborizaciones urbanas en clima cálido Authors: Molina Prieto, Luis Fernando

“…Cities cut apart original ecosystems, causing alterations, disturbances and deterioration, and because most of the tree populations on urban settings are non native varieties, fragmentation ofthe ecosystem does not diminish. …”

Gazapos del lenguaje arquitectónico contemporáneo colombiano Authors: Muñoz, Mauricio

“…Without the distinguishing magnificence of projects built in other parts of the world ever since the rise of postmodernism, there has been a subtle change of the architectural language in most of Colombia’s biggest cities over the same period oftime, one that resists any classification whatsoever, regardless of their resemblance with certain international tendencies, mainly because the architects lack the theoretical discourse envisioned by the authors of the original models. …”

El tiro por la culata: O las huellas de la transformación de Bogotá Authors: Muñoz, Mauricio

“…This article is a meditation on the image of Bogotá and how it has not been able to consolidate as a whole, even though it has improved thanks to the multiple urban and architecturalinterventions it has gone through over the past twenty in order to accommodate the changes of its virulent growth, mostly because the exaltation of an aesthetic of fragmentpromulgated by theoreticians and a continuous tergiversation of urban planning laws from those involved in construction with the solely purpose of individual lucre. …”

XREF: O el debate sobre la identidad de la arquitectura colombiana contemporánea Authors: Muñoz, Mauricio

“…Colombian architectural criticism begins and ends with a dilemma: our identity. However –and despite the effort– it remains as an unsolvable problem, since identity has provento be a concept impossible to undertake from the point of view of the discipline. …”

Árboles para Ibagué: Especies que fortalecen la Estructura Ecológica Principal Authors: Molina Prieto, Luis Fernando

“…After that, the article presents the criteria for selecting species to strengthen the Main Ecological Structure, and then it provides us with those selected and recommended as well as their ecological benefit. As such, the article hereby is a result of the research project «Strengthening the Main Ecological Structure through Identification and Selection of Species for Urban Tree-Planting», conducted in seven Colombian cities between 2006 and 2088.…”

Botánica para arquitectos del siglo XXI Authors: Molina Prieto, Luis Fernando

“…The following article proposes a reflection around the capability and competency of Colombian architecture graduates for landscaping their own projects; the way in which those architects represent trees graphically without names; the lack of knowledge —because it was never taught— regarding the species selected for urban tree planting as well as theirbotanical features; and the economic effects of unplanned tree populations in urban settings. …”

Las Unlivable Cities A fictional vision of the modern urban experience Authors: Muñoz, Mauricio

“…As a final point, after examining the relation between Cityand Literature, the author concludes that for its inhabitants the modern city has been, in general, unlivable.…”

Housing production as a consumer good Authors: Leal del Castillo, Gabriel Enrique

“…Starting from Bertalanffy’s General System Theory, the author analyzes the various systems taking part in the so-called Urban Ecosystem: the natural system, the administrative system, the urban system, the transportation system, the economical system and the social system. …”

Tourism and the city: space/place for liquid imaginaries, Puerto Vallarta Authors: González-Romero, Daniel

“…In the introduction the author examines the relationship between tourism and the city, its origins and evolution; the social, economical and cultural guidelines engendered by leisure and recreation; and its capacity to construct imaginaries and appropriations. …”

Bogota 1988-2008: Change-driven intentions granting power for action Authors: Peña-Frade, Nayibe

“…To attest it, a series of documents and texts produced by all eight mayoral terms between 1988 and 2008 were analyzed, evaluated and contrasted, among which the City Development Plan proposed by each administration and the Territorial Planning Strategy were mostly considered. …”

Bogota’s theaters as type and image of the city in 1970 and 2010 Authors: Camacho-Lotero, Sergio

“…As a conclusion, it defines the percentage of those cinemas that currently preserve their façade and maintain their exterior appearance, those that have been recycled, their building-use changed, remodeled to reopen theirdoors as projection screens or other cultural purposes, and those that have been sadly demolished.…”

Violence and the city A cinematographic approach Authors: Rojas-Osorio, Sara

“…As a conclusion, the author emphasizes on the lack of analysis byColombian critics that either turn down the subject of violence in the search of a more “positive” cinematography overlooking a reality that involves a vast portion of the population, orlimit their scrutiny to verifying that what is being portrayed in the movies is historically correct without getting into broader discussions, leading to the fact that most truly critical proposals are actually coming from foreign universities.…”

Notions for revising epistemic research principles: A decolonized outlook Authors: Cuesta-Moreno, Óscar Julián

“…With ever more force, the last few years have given shape to a rising group of thinkers who started questioning the current colonialism of knowledge, power and being, andwhose thoughts and contributions have also begun identifying solutions to the hegemonic epistemic dependence of countries ‘condemned’ by the modern world-system (Wallerstein, 1999). …”

Colombian repertoire for teaching in symphonic direction programs Authors: Morales-Rodríguez, Vanessa

“…And the results include a selection of twelve works, its educational application from the graphs conceived before, and a fragment of a piano four-hand reduction of one of them as a sample. …”

Effects of growing and uncontrolled urbanization in the northern region of Salta and Vaqueros in Argentina Authors: López, Emilce de las Mercedes

“…Accordingly, the variables selected were the presence of pathogenic microorganisms (coliform bacteria) and nitrate concentration in water, the latter being the most frequent pollutant of underground aquifers. …”

Selection and consideration of vegetable species for architectural green-enveloping surfaces: a methodological instrument Authors: Bolaños-Silva, Tomás, Moscoso, Andrés

“…It enhances the importance of the city/nature relationship focusing on the ecological benefits that vegetable species bring on to architectural and urban projects, when considered as enveloping surface materials. …”

Los Animals in art and hybridization as basis for creative explorations Authors: Silva-Cañaveral, Sandra Johana

“…Given its research/ creation approach, it examines the relation between human beings and one of the oldest parasites (the Ctenocephalides canis flea), and from that standpoint it suggests phobias and hybridization as foundation for graphic and creative explorations. …”

On the event. A contemporary outlook to the city Authors: Llamosa-Escovar, David Francisco

“…The article presents a meditation about the city as place for the event. Beginning from the relationship between art and the city the author points out that art do not represent the city but becomes an extension of it (Argan, 1986), while its architecture constitutes the matter: the materialization of its ever-changing ocean of timelessness. …”

Memory, territory and pottery trade Collective memory in Cerro del Cable hillside neighborhoods: La memoria colectiva en los barrios del Cerro del Cable Authors: Felacio-Jiménez, Laura Cristina

“…The article attempts to establish the principal characteristics of the inhabitant’s collective memory in Cerro del Cable hillside neighborhoods (Bogota), focusing on the relationship between collective memory and the construction of a neighborhood identity, based on territory appropriation and the sharing of pottery as a common trade. …”