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Magdalena River, Colombia

Entangled Lives, Entangled Hopes

Project

Honda

Fish scarcity warns fishermen of changes in the river.

The stories told through workers’ skin, the Magdalena experiences.

Honda, a space that has marks of disasters, floods and ruins of its history.

The sartas and yuntas, the fisherman and cooker trade.

Since the sixteenth century the river connected Cartagena to Honda, in the route to the capital, Santafé de Bogotá.

Contributors

University Partners

Universidad de los Andes and Universidad del Rosario

Community Partners

Acopesca, Asopein, Asopesarhon, Asapevema, Asopestol, Fuentemar, Famipez, Fepescarmar, and other riverside communities