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A man is standing on top of a Ford bus unloading goods while two adults and some children stand on the street. The bus route signs at the top read, "Palenque" and "C/gena" for Cartagena. The nickname of the bus written in red at the front bender reads, "La Contenta" (She The Happy One). Cartagena is located 31 miles from San Basilio de Palenque and in 1975, year in which this picture was taken, the residents of San Basilio could reach the port city by bus through a road built in 1966. Before that year, villagers could reach Cartagena or other cities in the region by riding a horse, a mule or a donkey, or by navigating by boat through One of the many rivers of the Magdalena River Valley. The construction of the road brought very rapid social change to the village and the life of its residents. Colombian anthropologist Nina S. de Friedemann had been studying the Afro-Colombian community of San Basilio de Palenque for the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and Richard Cross joined her to do work as a visual anthropologist in June 1975. This image illustrates Cross's anthropological categories: Social change. Un hombre está parado encima de un autobús Ford descargando mercancías mientras dos adultos y algunos niños están parados en la calle. El letrero de la ruta del autobús en la parte superior dice: "Palenque" y "C/gena" para Cartagena. El sobrenombre del autobús escrito en rojo en la defensa delantera dice: "La Contenta". Cartagena está ubicada a 50 kilómetros de San Basilio de Palenque y en 1975, año en que se tomó esta fotografía, los residentes de San Basilio podían llegar a la ciudad portuaria en autobús a través de una carretera construida en 1966. Antes de ese año, los palenqueros podían llegar a Cartagena u otras ciudades de la región montando a caballo, en mula o en burro, o navegando en bote por uno de los muchos ríos del valle del río Magdalena. La construcción de la carretera trajo un cambio social muy rápido para el pueblo y la vida de sus residentes. La antropóloga colombiana Nina S. de Friedemann había estado estudiando la comunidad afrocolombiana de San Basilio de Palenque desde 1973 para el Instituto Colombiano de Antropología y Richard Cross se unió a ella para trabajar como antropólogo visual en junio de 1975. Esta imagen ilustra la categoría antropológica de Cross: Cambio social.
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