Como llevo varios meses alejado de Twitter, no he opinado sobre el paro nacional. Pongo aquí algunas de mis observaciones como historiador, que quizás otr@s han postulado 1/
La masacre de Santa Bárbara, de 1963, no me parece la comparación histórica más adecuada, ya que la represión la hizo el Ejército y en un municipio de provincia. Busqué episodios menos conocidos 2/
Un mes antes de Santa Bárbara, el movimiento sindical organizó manifestaciones en varias ciudades, para presionar al gobierno para que realice un reajuste de salarios. Pero en Bogotá, se desencadenó una situación para nosotros bastante familiar 3/
La clase política y la gran prensa le culparon a "agitadores profesionales" por la quema de carros y otros daños en el centro. La respuesta policial fue dura (Las fotos son de El Tiempo: news.google.com/newspapers?nid…) 4/
La represión policial tenía además claros elementos políticos: fue asesinado, por un tiro en la cabeza en la K8a con C8a, el primo de López Michelsen, el líder de la oposición de izquierda. polodemocratico.net/aquel-18-de-en… 5/
Las capacidades tecnológicas de la policía eran también en ese entonces un objeto de fascinación. En vez de las tanquetas del ESMAD, se hablaba de los pastores alemanes de la policía 6/
Este artículo me hizo reír 7/
Pero una de las lecciones importantes que nos ha dado la discusión reciente sobre "racialized policing" en EEUU es la necesidad de mirar las continuidades entre los episodios espectaculares y el quehacer policial cotidiano 8/
Pienso con frecuencia en este episodio (ht @KenjiCataldo), que ocurrió un año después de los acontecimientos que describí arriba. Aunque la detención de estas 1.200 personas no fue tan claramente "política," muestra las mismas lógicas de control social 9/
Tengo un artículo en curso que explora los orígenes urbanos del paramilitarismo a mediados de los 60, sobre todo en Medellín. Los debates actuales sobre el uso de armas por civiles podrían ser de ese mismo momento 10/
Les invito a escoger algunos días en el archivo digital de El Tiempo, para buscar allí otros episodios olvidados que ayuden a explicar las prácticas, narrativas y procesos que nos llevaron a esta coyuntura. Están por todas partes. news.google.com/newspapers?nid… 11/*

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4 Jan
#academictwitter, do your new year's resolutions include being more organized when it comes to research? Here are some tips to help make that happen 1/
This workflow uses @zotero + Google Drive to centralize article/book PDFs in a cloud-synced folder. No more exporting PDFs to read on your tablet, no more searching around a dozen folders w/ names like Research Downloads (Recent Recent) youtube.com/playlist?list=… 2/
This workflow takes just a few minutes to set up, at which point it'll become a natural part of your research process. It probably won't help remember everything you've downloaded, but at least you'll know where to look 3/
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29 Aug 19
More thoughts on my book #ForgottenPeace + the nearly 3-year-old peace process in Colombia, after today's news that a group of FARC commanders are rearming 1/
I was supposed to spend today revising a much-overdue article on the FARC's founding myths + preparing a presentation on Colombia's current security situation for an upcoming international conference on asylum. Both questions come together in today's news 2/
(Thread will be slow to unfold, as school hasn't started yet here + my kids are still home. Espero publicar el hilo pronto en español también) 3/
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21 Jun 19
How to get archive catalog entries from PDF to a spreadsheet, using Zotfile and regular expressions. Still plan to do a video on this later, but for now here’s the process via thread. #twitterstorians #regex 1/
What you'll need: app to mark up the PDF (I use iAnnotate on the iPad; Preview works too), @Zotero plus Zotfile, non-Word text editor (I use TextMate on Mac; hear Notepad++ is great for PC) for regular expressions, spreadsheet app 2/
Regular expressions are a sort of syntax used across varying programming languages. Think of them as a fancy find-and-replace. I can't do them justice here (there are plenty of guides online), but here's a cheat sheet for the commands I model here 3/
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3 Jun 19
Rising college junior who's just declared as a history major? Congratulations! Interested in getting a jump on next year + beyond? Following several conversations I've had on this IRL, here are a couple pieces of advice. #twitterstorians 1/
These are largely things I would cover in a junior methods seminar. Hopefully your dept. has one; maybe it comes as a senior capstone. Whatever the case, it's never too early or late to start thinking about working more efficiently or improving your writing 2/
Tip #1: Sign up for @zotero. If that's as far as you get, you're already ahead. To unlock next level, check out a quick tutorial (libguides.princeton.edu/zotero), see how you might add sources. Formatting notes/bibliography can wait until the fall 3/
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15 Feb 19
Trump’s emergency declaration + what it means for US democracy over the medium to long term has echoes in my research on Colombian politics in the 20th century 1/
Under Colombia’s 1886 constitution (in place until 1991), the president could declare a state of siege “in cases of foreign war, or internal upheaval.” This gave him authority to suspend existing legislation, issue extraordinary decrees 2/
The state of siege was invoked several times between 1886 + the 1940s, often on a regional basis. The key moment came in July 1944, a group of military officers + Conservative Party collaborators kidnapped President Alfonso López. The govt declared a nationwide state of siege 3/
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9 Jan 19
With #AHA19 out of the way, the new year has begun for #twitterstorians. If one of your resolutions is to do research more effectively, here are my methods videos from 2018. In this thread, I'll break down the videos w/ separate links for each section
Using the library. This also introduces the color-coding scheme that undergirds keeping my entire approach to organizing research materials.
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